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Public Companies and Corporate Governance
  • Groupon IPO - offering and accounting issues
          Chicago Sun-Times, September 23, 2011
          The Atlantic Wire, September 25, 2011
  • Groupon IPO – its “funky” history
          Chicago Sun-Times, June 7, 2011
          SF Gate, June 7, 2011
          Washington Post, June 7, 2011
          Bloomberg BusinessWeek, June 7, 2011
          Daily Deal, June 9, 2011
          The Register, June 11, 2011
  • Secondary markets in private securities. Los Angeles Times, February 9, 2011
  • Goldman Sachs/Facebook Deal
          The New York Times, January 3, 2011
  • Board Minutes That Survive Scrutiny TRENDS Your Business and the Law, January/February, 2008
  • The Risk-Averse SEC CFO.com, September 27, 2007
  • SEC's Small Biz Proposals Criticized CFO.com, September 24, 2007
  • SEC Looks to Ease Small-Company Burdens Compliance Week, May 30, 2007
  • Blackstone IPO would be a flip-flop Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2007
  • Small Biz: Regulation a Roadblock to Capital CFO.com, September 29, 2006
  • What's Worse Than Getting Nickel and Dimed To Death? The Hidden (Non-Monetary) Costs of Sarbanes-Oxley Disclosure PLI's Compliance Counselor, September 18, 2006
  • Should You Take Your Public Company Private? Kelley Indianapolis News Room, August 8, 2006
  • Chron 200 Comings and Goings San Francisco Chronicle, May 5, 2006
  • Surviving Sarbanes-Oxley Inc. Magazine, September 2005
  • The Impact of the New York Stock Exchange's Proposed Acquisition of Archipelago on the Future of Reverse Mergers The Wall Street Transcript & Gateway Reports, May 9, 2005
  • The Hefty Costs of Compliance The Cleveland Plain Dealer, March 15, 2005
  • Executives Not Going Public, IPO Process Seen as Costly and Distracting Seattle-Post Intelligence, September 7, 2004
  • Going Private: A Reasoned Response to Sarbanes-Oxley? Builder UK, September 4, 2004
  • Time Warner - MGM Deal Could Be Imminent, But Sony Still in the Running
          MSNBC, September 1, 2004
          Reuters News, August 31, 2004
          The San Francisco Chronicle, August 30, 2004
  • Going Public Getting Harder; As IPO's Become Costlier, Some CEO's Decide to Sell San Francisco Chronicle, August 30, 2004
  • Some Private Firms Embrace Law's Tough Accounting Standards
         The New York Times, July 15, 2004
         Arizona Daily Star, August 2, 2004
  • Reverse Mergers Into Public Shell Corporations Florida CPA Netlink, July 15, 2004
  • Stock Option Expensing: Getting Ahead of the Issue Compliance Week, April 13, 2004
  • Boost The Post-IPO Stock Price By Garnering Immediate Analyst Coverage Bowne.com, April, 2003
  • Cost of Being Public Wall Street Journal, March 24, 2003
  • Strategic Planning 101: Why Tech Firms Blew It Tech Republic, July 21, 2001
Venture Capital and Private Equity
  • A look at Northeast Ohio's innovators, Crain's Cleveland Business, January 16, 2012
  • OfficeMax...in the beginning, CJ News, November 18, 2011
  • Marking Your Territory-Protecting intellectual property, AirTran Inflight, January, 2010.
  • The Future of Private Equity CNBC Squawk Box, July 2006
  • Wanted: Lawyers With a Skill Set in Finance, The New York Times, April 28, 2006
  • Venture Capital Investment Dollar Dropoff Hitting Home Crain's Cleveland Business, October 2, 2005
  • Not So Fast! Seeking an Investor? Slow down and take five steps to protect your company from making a bad choice Entrepreneur, September, 2003
  • Israeli biotech company (Simbionix) brings R&D to U.S., Crain’s Cleveland Business, February 18, 2002
  • A Young Company's Nightmare: The Cram Down - In lean economic times, getting that next round of financing can mean having to swallow hard Business 2.0, August 21, 2001
  • Meet the Invendor Red Herring, February 14, 2001
  • New Investment - Banking Players Emerge in California's Silicon Valley, Knight Ridder / Tribune Business News, October 3, 1999
  • Unlock The Venture - Capital Vault Success, February, 1999
  • Electronic Superhighway Blocks Some Exits American Banker, October, 1998
  • Fishing For Venture Capital: So you want to start a high-tech business Business Week, October 13, 1997
  • How change in stock-holding period can alter dynamics of venture deals San Jose Mercury News, August 11, 1997