Corporate Attorney and Business Innovator Frank Vargas Joins Rimon, P.C. in Palo Alto
News February 1, 2013
Palo Alto, CA (February 1, 2012) Expanding its team of top attorneys representing emerging growth companies in the tech sector, Rimon, P.C. has added noted corporate attorney and entrepreneur Frank Vargas as a partner in its Palo Alto office. Mr. Vargas joins Rimon from the firm Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett, where he served…
Mandatory Clearing of OTC Derivatives
Insights Robin Powers · January 31, 2013
Mandatory clearing will be phased in over the first three quarters of 2013. Market participants trading certain interest rate and credit default swaps will be required to comply by March 11, 2013. Regulated entities such as swap dealers and major swap participants must comply in this first phase; buy side firms that meet the definition…
Crowdfunding Cocktail Seminar: Join Rimon in DC on January 29th, 2013
Events January 29th, 2013
Crowdfunding is one of the new funding tools for financing startup businesses. Rimon PC specializes in launching exciting new enterprises. We have assisted startups from Silicon Valley to DC and beyond. Let us share what we have learned. Join us Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 from 3:30 to 7:00 PM EST for a cocktail seminar. We look forward…
Join Rimon’s John Isaza at Legal Tech in New York, NY: “Shine a Light on Your Dark Data”
Events January 15, 2013
Shine a Light on Your Dark Data EIDC predicts 50x growth of data by 2020, 90% of which will be unstructured information. Enterprises needing to comply with emerging regulation, such as the Dodd Frank Act, are looking for methodologies and solutions to overcome the challenge of dark data – addressing the unmanaged electronic information repositories…
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Extends Compliance Date for Dodd-Frank Protocol
Insights Robin Powers · December 19, 2012
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Extends Compliance Date for Dodd-Frank Protocol to May 1, 2013 in Order to Give Market Participants Additional Time to Adhere. Buy side market participants received a holiday gift from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) – compliance deadlines for the business conduct and documentation rules (the “Business Conduct Rules“) related to the…
Accountable Care Organizations and the Fraud and Abuse Laws: Five Ways to Avoid the Pitfalls
Insights December 18, 2012
Accountable Care Organizations by their very nature are structured in a way that implicates the so-called “Fraud and Abuse Laws.” ACO provider participants have a financial stake in the organization, refer patients to other providers within the ACO, and share information about patients and practices – all warning flags for running afoul of the fraud…
Technologies for eLawyering
Events October 11, 2012
By eliminating wasteful real estate costs and investing in client-facing technologies, these lawyers and law firms are delivering excellent, efficient and innovative legal services to their clients. Technologies that have been locked down behind law firm firewalls are being moved into the cloud.
Strengthening Commercial Identity: Trademarks and Small Businesses
Insights October 5, 2012
Somewhere in the suburbs of Seattle, never mind where exactly, there is a little apocryphal, bakery called FRIAR ANGELINO’S. It makes the best bread imaginable – a circle of sourdough, with a flaky outer crust and a warm, spongy interior. Above the entrance is an old weather-beaten sign depicting a rotund, smiling monk, with a…
Rimon’s Bernays “Buz” Barclay named Best Lawyer by The Best Lawyers in America 19th edition
News September 20, 2012
Rimon P.C. New York partner Bernays “Buz” Barclay has been named a Best Lawyer in the practice of Energy Law by The Best Lawyers in America 19th edition, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession ranking. Buz heads Rimon’s Energy and Infrastructure Transactions Practice. He has co-founded and served as a…
Rimon awarded for its innovation by both the Financial Times and American Bar Association Journal
Innovation September 12, 2012
Rimon continues to receive recognition from the top levels of the legal world, and we continue to grow in new and exciting directions. This autumn, we were honored by both the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers 2012 list as well as the American Bar Association’s official publication, the ABA Journal, as one of their top 10…