A fascinating tale of excitement, buried treasure and a true legal thriller. John Grisham's latest pirate adventure? Nope, just a couple who found $10 million of gold coins buried in their yard in San Francisco recently. The gold, according to The San Francisco Chronicle, is...
You don't normally see me commenting on the weather here at the David Feldman blog. But this was a winter for the ages, at least here in New York, as well as many other parts of the US. Snow stranded thousands in Atlanta, flooding, roofs...
The vast majority of attorneys are honorable, hard working, well-intentioned and client-focused. Some, of course, are much more interested in their own bottom line than that of their client. Either way, even when well-intentioned, often clients perceive that their attorney is looking to milk their...
As we see more and more efforts by major law firms to adjust to changes in the economy, technology and law practice, big firm Arnold & Porter has announced an offer to buy out its entire secretarial staff over the next year to encourage them...
I am off to sunny south Florida to attend this week's National Investment Banking Association conference. NIBA is an over 30 year old group of investment banks concentrating on small and microcap companies. There are always interesting companies and panels and I am very much...
After unanimously sailing through the House Financial Services Committee back in November, the full House of Representatives, in a lopsided 412-4 vote, last week passed HR 3448, known as The Small Cap Liquidity Act of 2013. The bill now moves to the US Senate for...
Andrew Greene is the lawyer who was in charge of corporate finance at defamed brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont, depicted in the hit movie "The Wolf of Wall Street". As we know the movie is based on the book of the same name by convicted felon...
I was recently interviewed for a Podcast on the UR Business Network show, "Way Off Wall Street" with Marshall Sterman. The 20-minute interview can be found at http://urbusinessnetwork.com/david-feldman-expert-securities-attorney-way-wall-street-marshall-sterman/. I cover entrepreneurship, going public, Regulation A, crowdfunding, IPO alternatives, the regulatory environment, you name it! If you...
A few weeks ago at a keynote speech in California, SEC Chair Mary Jo White covered a wide range of topics in the world of securities regulation. The speech also referenced crowdfunding and Regulation A, both the subject of current pending rulemakings awaiting final action...
The American Bar Foundation just completed a study in which they learned that roughly a quarter of those who took the bar exam in 2000 are not practicing law currently. The study checked on this same group in 2003 and 2007 as well. Only 9%...