The head of Rimon’s Information Management practice, John Isaza, writes on information best practices in the recent edition of the EDEE Journal. The EDEE Journal is a periodical published by the E-Discovery and Digital Evidence Committee of the ABA Section of Science and Technology Law. In his article, Mr. Isaza summarizes the key elements of…

The U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission’s new standard to determine whether a party qualifies as an “accredited investor” went into effect Monday, February 27, 2012 Accredited Investors.  There are several ways in which people may qualify as an accredited investor under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933. One method by which an individual…

ISDA is going to hold a meeting on Thursday (11:00 a.m. GMT) to discuss whether Greece’s debt swap should be considered a “credit event” under the current Credit Derivatives Definitions. The primary issue for consideration is whether the Greece’s Parliament decision to retroactively implement collective action clauses, or CACs, on debt governed by Greek law…

The Economist Intelligence Unit, a division of the The Economist magazine, today released a special report titled “Agent of Change: the Future of Technology Disruption in Business.” The report reviews the impact that technology will have on business over the next decade, and features case studies by business executives and thought leaders. The report features…

In a recent edition of the San Francisco Business Times, Rimon, P.C. was included among firms whose business is growing at a time when the legal industry as a whole is contracting. Read the entire article on the SF Business Times website.

San Francisco, CA – Feb. 11, 2012 – Rimon P.C., an international corporate law firm, announced today that Mark Diamond has joined its San Francisco office as a Partner. Mr. Diamond has over 30 years of experience practicing corporate and securities law. As a member of Rimon’s Private Investment Funds Group, he focuses on representing financial services…

This past September I wrote about a lawsuit pitting sugar against corn.  Initially, two sugar manufacturers sued the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) and six high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) manufacturers for false advertising under the Lanham Act, as well as for being in violation of California Business and Professions Code Section 17200 as a result of their corn sugar “re-branding” campaign.  At the time I…

So Facebook filed its IPO papers, and the numbers are eye-popping.  The company appears to be worth about $100 billion, or a bit more than the GDP of Tunisia.  Others shade it a bit lower, but one thing is certain: it’s good to be Facebook.   Facebook is special because, in network economic terms, its…

New York, NY – Jan. 9, 2012 – Rimon P.C., an international corporate law firm, announced today that Bernays “Buz” Barclay has joined its New York office as a Partner. Mr. Barclay brings to Rimon new energy and infrastructure transactions capacity and experience to Rimon’s growing New York presence, and will augment the Firm’s Startups and Startup…

Did you know SKEE-BALL’s a trademark?  And an infringed trademark at that?  Well, maybe. You remember Skee-Ball, don’t you?  The game in which you roll a ball up a table hoping to do so with just enough force so that it hits the ridge at the end of the table and bounces up into the smallest…