We are very close to a huge change in the world of cars as the "autonomous" or self-driving car makes its way to the marketplace. But step back. What was driving like back in the crazy 60s when I was a kid? No seat...

The Venture Association of New Jersey (VANJ) has been around seemingly forever. Garden State impresario and primo accountant Jay Trien has been at the helm of VANJ and kept it going strong through the decades. I have had the privilege of speaking there a handful...

This has been quite the last century or so for women. The right to vote in 1920. "Rosie the Riveters" hit the factories with all the men at war during the 1940s. The women's liberation movement starting in the 1960s but really picking up steam...

From a human perspective, it is extremely sad to hear that venerable law firm powerhouse Weil Gotshal & Manges has decided on massive lawyer and staff layoffs, along with major reductions in pay for 10% of its partners. On Monday they announced letting go 60...

Sharespost, an online platform for buying and selling stock in private companies (like Twitter, etc.) is getting closer to launching its private company platform joint venture with Nasdaq which was announced in March. This is a pretty big deal because it is a major public...

A new SEC Chair has been in place for several months and her key top advisors are also now ensconced. She acknowledges the obligation of the Commission to attend to a variety of statutorily mandated rulemakings under both the Dodd-Frank Act and the Jumpstart our...

                          As we know, the Dodd-Frank Act required advisors to larger private equity and hedge funds to register with the SEC. The real focus of this was on hedge fund advisors, to bring them out of the shadows and let the SEC know what they are...

                There is a saying in advertising that if you can find a flat surface an ad can go there. Hence bathroom stall ads, covering the sides and windows of buses with ads, etc. We're seeing everything temporary these days - pop up stores, restaurants, flash...

Thanks to website www.abovethelaw.com, we learn of a lawyer in New Jersey getting quite some attention. Apparently his client, Jack Frievald, a losing candidate for office in West Orange, NJ, operates a website called westorange.info, including information about the area. The town's lawyer sent a cease-and-desist...