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It is with heavy hearts that we bid farewell to our dear friend and esteemed colleague, Clemente Vazquez-Bello. On April 17, 2013, Clemente died peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, after an ongoing battle with cancer.

While the Facebook IPO has been long-expected, it is important to remember the reason why Facebook decided to go public: it was required.

Earlier this month, the S.E.C. changed its long standing practice of allowing defendants of securities violations to “neither admit nor deny” criminal wrongdoing.  This change is effectively the S.E.C.’s response to critics that say that the agency should not let criminal defendants simply pay a fine and avoid an admission of guilty.  The new policy […]

The popular shoe and apparel ecommerce website Zappos recently suffered a significant cyber attack and data breach. While the exact details of this incident were not disclosed, this appears to have been a massive attack on Zappos’ system. Some confidential customer data was comprised in this attack and was obtained by the hackers. It appears […]

Risks of Cyber Attacks If you are an executive for a public company, new SEC guidance requires you to consider cybersecurity in your ongoing periodic reports.  As evidenced by the barrage of news reports over the past couple of years, cyber incidents have become very significant events for all types of companies.  A recent example […]

Last Friday, the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance issued its fourth topic in its CF Disclosure Series, which periodically provides the SEC’s views on various topics. This time, the SEC addressed, what it believes to be, inconsistent disclosures on European sovereign debt holdings. The SEC reminds registrants, particularly bank holding companies, of their obligations to […]

Some of the best known names in technology were able to conduct initial public offerings during 2011. These included technology companies like LinkedIn, Pandora, Groupon, Zillow, Demand Media and others. This will likely continue tomorrow as one of the most highly anticipated technology company offerings of the year (Zynga, a developer of online games for […]

This year, the state of Florida significantly changed its growth management policies with the passage of the Community Planning Act (House Bill 7207). The Town of Yankeetown, Florida has filed suit claiming that the new law is unconstitutional and seeking to stop its enforcement. Read here to see the crux of the lawsuit and how could it impact Florida growth management.

The Florida House has a marathon session scheduled, where it is expected to take up several bills including HB 7129, a major Growth Management bill that would remove most state oversight of local land-use decisions. Other important bills under consideration include HB 1355, a controversial Elections bill, HB 7095, the House legislation dealing with Prescription Drugs and HB 1231, which would Deregulate Basic Phone Service. The session starts on the 20th at 3:45 p.m. and is scheduled to go until 10 p.m. The House is also scheduled to meet from 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday to continue the discussions and debate on these matters.