Rimon Partner Tom White was recently published in the Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Employee Benefit Plan Review. He and his co-authors cover the best risk management strategies for employers offering retirement benefits. His co-authors are Corwin Zass, Tim Leier, Richard Farr, and Kelvin Wilson. Corwin Zass is a principal at Actuarial Risk Management, a BDOUSA…

Join Rimon’s Paul Economon on Tuesday September 23, 2014 as he shares his insight on the protection of intellectual property in the early stages of an entreprenureal venture. AccelerateDC is kicking off a Boost Your Startup speaker series this month with a panel discussion on how to protect every entrepreneurs’ money maker: Intellectual Property. For entrepreneurs, intellectual property, especially in the…

Rimon Partner John Isaza recently published an article in ARMA International’s Information Management on how organizations can protect themselves against hacking. In “10 Things Organizations Should Do To Protect Against Hacking,” he lays out ground rules for organizations that want to develop a plan to stay ahead of today’s tech-savvy information criminal. He recommends that certain measures, such as…

As of January 1, 2015, Minnesota will join the ranks of states that have adopted statutes permitting public benefit corporations, a new form designed to enable businesses to seek not only shareholder value but also fulfillment of the company’s stated social purpose.  Minnesota’s statute compares favorably with those of California and Delaware and bodes likely…

On August 21, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) published the ISDA 2014 Credit Derivatives Definitions Protocol (the “Protocol”). The deadline for adhering to the Protocol is September 12, 2014 and the Protocol will become effective between adhering parties on September 22, 2014. The Protocol will apply to certain (but not all) existing credit derivative transactions (“CDS”)…

Partner John Isaza, who heads up Rimon’s Information Governance and Records Management Practice, is featured in a recent article by TechTarget editor Ben Cole. He shares the importance of defining what a record is and developing a records management schedule for your organization. You can read the article at its original source here. By Ben Cole, Site…

Rimon’s John Isaza is featured in an article on data management policy and e-discovery by TechTarget editor Ben Cole. John is quoted on Rimon’s information governance work: “For third-party vendors, we are encouraging our clients to have contractual provisions to obligate them to follow your records management procedures and your needs as an organization when it comes…

Legal Talk Network producer Laurence Colletti interviewed John Isaza, a pioneer in information governance and records management, at the LegalTech West Coast Trade Show. Together they discussed the concepts of defensible disposition as well as risk, readiness, and revenue as they pertain to information governance and law firm data. Although attorneys can’t sell or disseminate client data, they…

So how do biotech ventures govern themselves to run efficiently while complying with state corporate law statutes and state and federal securities laws and regulations imposed by stock exchanges? Frugality that is often self-imposed by scientific founders and then endorsed by the angel investors and venture capital company investors that follow sequentially tend to result…

The public securities markets and the underwriters that lead biotech companies into them dictate a common capital structure suitable for IPOs, which structure almost always deviates starkly from the capital structure of the venture at inception and during its growth phase. Startups frequently commence corporate life structured as limited liability companies with a few founders…