Archive for November, 2008
SEC Chairman Cox Speaks at PLI
By David Feldman at 13 November, 2008, 5:09 am
As you know I am attending the PIPE Conference which started yesterday and continues today at the New York Hilton. Ironically, another important conference for securities lawyers, the PLI securities regulation institute, is taking place at the same time in the same hotel. I have been shuttling back and forth, and will have a report on [...]
Read More >>See you all at the PIPE Conference
By David Feldman at 10 November, 2008, 4:24 pm
This Wednesday and Thursday, you can find me, my partners Joe Smith and Rob Charron and counsel Larry Langs working the rooms at the DealFlow Media PIPE conference at the NY Hilton. My panel on reverse mergers is late on Wednesday, and Joe’s panel on PIPE legal issues is early on Thursday. We are also [...]
Read More >>John White Leaving the SEC
By David Feldman at 7 November, 2008, 12:59 pm
The exodus has begun. The SEC announced today that John W. White, Director of the Division of Corporation Finance, is leaving in December and will return to his law practice at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York. White came to the SEC in early 2006 after being a partner at Cravath for many [...]
Read More >>Congratulations Mr. Obama
By David Feldman at 7 November, 2008, 3:47 am
No matter your political persuasion, it is impossible to understate the historical importance of this week’s US presidential election. Not just because we elected our first African-American President, which is quite amazing. But also because the Democrats have taken a very strong majority in both houses of Congress, giving them an extraordinary opportunity to create and [...]
Read More >>We’re Upgrading!
By David Feldman at 3 November, 2008, 2:32 pm
Please bear with us as we go through a little sprucing up here at the Reverse Merger & SPAC Blog. I hope that when we are done the site will be easier to navigate, more visually pleasing and, of course, generate some more traffic! If you have any suggestions about how to improve the blog, [...]
Read More >>Make Sure to Vote!!!
By David Feldman at 2 November, 2008, 1:51 pm
If you are a US citizen, you must be living under a rock if you don’t know that this Tuesday we are electing a new President. Either way a historic event - either the first African American President or the first female Vice President. Both pretty exciting if one considers where we were even 30-40 years ago.
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