28 Mar

As the chill of winter at last subsides here in the Northeast we change the clocks, sunset is later, and smiles slowly return to our faces. It is the season of renewal, love, blossoming, rooftop bars and yes for some final exams, hay fever and the...

24 Mar

The PIPEs Report last week tells us that equity lines of credit are making somewhat of a comeback. What are these? Kind of what they sound like - instead of a debt line, an investor agrees to give you money for stock anytime you want,...

22 Mar

According to Crowdfund Insider, spring will be a key season for the lawsuit brought by two US states to challenge the SEC rules adopted under the Regulation A provisions of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012. On April 14, final oral arguments...

08 Mar

As reported by Bloomberg Business yesterday, an innovative entrepreneurial group has launched Amercanex Corp., where cannabis can trade on an electronic platform. They're already handling sales of up to 150 pounds of pot per week. It's not dissimilar to how the New York Mercantile Exchange started....

07 Mar

Do law schools mislead applicants about who gets what jobs after graduation? That's the crux of a case in California brought by one Anna Alaburda, who was at the top of her Thomas Jefferson School of Law class. She claims the school lied about job...

24 Feb

Another first for Elio Motors, having now completed their IPO and starting to trade on the OTCQX market under the symbol ELIO. This is the first Regulation A+ deal to trade. Congratulations to all involved in that deal. Put a pin in this as really the...

24 Feb

The ABA Journal reports that California may be the first state to approve the use of autonomous or self-driving cars within just a few years. As faithful blogees know, I'm fascinated, excited and maybe a little scared by the prospect of this, as many others...

17 Feb

An historic day yesterday as the US and Cuba signed a memo of understanding to allow scheduled air traffic to resume between the two countries after more than 50 years. Until now only charter planes could do so. Now we may see more than 100...

16 Feb

A Greek historian first wrote of them in the 5th Century BC. Marco Polo thought he saw some (but they were rhinos). Genghis Khan turned his army back from a planned invasion of India because one apparently bowed to him, which he thought was a...