MacKenzie Bezos in a Patagonia and Jeff Bezos in a SCOTTeVEST at the Allen & Company Conference in Sun Valley, ID   By John Jannarone   SCOTTeVEST CEO Scott Jordan is calling Patagonia out for its attack on Wall Street....

Patricia Olasker, Partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP   By John Jannarone The next wave of attacks on cannabis companies is likely to shift from short raids to traditional activist campaigns focused on better governance. That’s according to...

Ridesharing Company Expected to Price IPO Later This Week By John Jannarone Netflix, Snapchat, Grubhub – technology companies with blistering growth but little to no profit can be tempting investments. In the case of number-two ridesharing operator Lyft, investors should...

Phil Denning and Dan McDermott of ICR The disgrace of Purdue Pharma after allegedly pushing OxyContin on doctors is a lesson for fast-growing cannabis companies as they develop environmental, social, and governance standards. That’s according to a new paper published...

By Val Srinivas, Robert Lamm, and Tiffany Ramsay of The Deloitte Center for Financial Services and The Deloitte Center for Board Effectiveness. Digital transformation is high on the agenda for financial institutions’ boards of directors. However, what we have found...

Waterton Global Resource Management Wants to Replace 80% of Hudbay Directors   By John Jannarone Hudbay Minerals has suffered a rough stock performance in recent years. Could some new resources help shore the mining company up? The Toronto-based firm has...

Phil Mackintosh, Chief Economist, Nasdaq By John Jannarone A plan by the Securities and Exchange Commission to limit the use of fees and rebates at major exchanges may have unexpected results and even discourage companies from going public, according to...

Martin Lipton, Founding Partner of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz By John Jannarone It’s time to get over the idea that shareholder returns are a corporation’s only concern. That’s a central tenet of The New Paradigm, a progressive approach to...