This interesting, but atypical case, involves one of the many possible issues that can arise from the use of unlicensed finders to raise securities.
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As noted by Broc Romanek, The Wall Street Journal yesterday announced:
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In this post published yesterday on The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, Delaware lawyer A. Thompson Bayliss and Mark Mixon write that no pay provisions "could transform stockholder litigation without the...
