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Capital Markets – Revival Or Reconfiguration?
While it is evident that the capital markets (especially in the life sciences space) are not anywhere near the feverish peaks of 2021, we are tracking signs of life that may be encouraging. What is exciting is that, as a result of macro trends, we might be seeing a shift in corporate development philosophy for late-stage capital raising among biotechs toward licensing as a public financing alternative.
Lifecore Biomedical to Be Acquired by Webster Equity Partners
Attorneys from Ballard Spahr's Mergers and Acquisitions Group represented Lifecore Biomedical, a fully-integrated contract development and manufacturing organization, in its acquisition by Webster Equity Partners. A team led by April Hamlin, Brian Short, Barbara Rummel, Harry Levin, and Kyra Honkanen advised Lifecore Biomedical and its Board of Directors in the transaction. Read the full article here.
Macro Trends Indicate Shift in Corporate Development Among Biotec
While it is evident that the capital markets (especially in the life sciences space) are not anywhere near the feverish peaks of 2021, we are tracking signs of life that may be encouraging. What is exciting is that, as a result of macro trends, we might be seeing a shift in corporate development philosophy for late-stage capital raising among biotechs toward licensing as a public financing alternative.
Capital Markets – Revival or Reconfiguration?
While it is evident that the capital markets (especially in the life sciences space) are not anywhere near the feverish peaks of 2021, we are tracking signs of life that may be encouraging. What is exciting is that, as a result of macro trends, we might be seeing a shift in corporate development philosophy for late-stage capital raising among biotechs toward licensing as a public financing alternative.
Cautious Optimism For Capital Markets
This article is part of the Life Sciences Industry 2025 Market Update. Click here to read the full newsletter. Life sciences capital markets in 2025 have been a mixed bag—some rays of light peeking through, but still, plenty of clouds for early-stage companies hoping to tap the public markets. After a long IPO drought, 2024 brought a few green shoots, with several life sciences companies testing the waters.
Cautious Optimism For Capital Markets | JD Supra
This article is part of the Life Sciences Industry 2025 Market Update. Click here to read the full newsletter. Life sciences capital markets in 2025 have been a mixed bag—some rays of light peeking through, but still, plenty of clouds for early-stage companies hoping to tap the public markets. After a long IPO drought, 2024 brought a few green shoots, with several life sciences companies testing the waters.
SEC Adopts Rules to Enhance and Standardize Climate-Related Disclosure
Summary The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules expanding climate-related disclosure requirements in annual reports and registration statements for U.S. public companies and foreign private issuers. The final rules, which scale back requirements in the proposed rules, are meant to provide enhanced, reliable, and comparable information to investors about the financial and other effects of climate-related impacts on public companies.
SEC Modernizes Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules
Summary On October 10, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) that accelerate filing deadlines for both initial filings of, and amendments to, Schedules 13D and Schedules 13G.
Initial statement of beneficial ownership of securities
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these presents, that each of the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Mark N. Rogers, Vincent Pecora, Brian D. Short and Heike K.
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities
SEC Form 4 FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
SEC Adopts Amendments Regarding Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization
On May 3, 2023, the SEC adopted amendments relating to disclosures of an issuer’s share repurchases.
SEC Adopts Amendments Regarding Rule 10b5-1 Trading Arrangements and Related Disclosures
On December 15, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to Rule 10b5-1 to “enhance disclosure requirements and investor protections against insider trading.” SEC Chair Gary Gensler noted that, since Rule 10b5-1 was adopted more than 20 years ago, it has been used by corporate insiders and issuers to provide affirmative defenses in connection with the purchase and sale of securities as long as the trading plans were adopted in good faith before becoming aware of...
SEC Amends Whistleblower Program Rules
Summary Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) governs the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) whistleblower program, which pays awards to eligible whistleblowers who voluntarily provide the SEC with original information relating to a violation of federal securities laws that leads to successful enforcement proceedings in certain judicial or administrative actions or non-SEC related actions.
SEC Proposes New Rules for SPACs to Enhance Disclosure and Investor Protection | JD Supra
Summary The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed new rules to address the way special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are regulated. The new rules would enhance the disclosure requirements of a de-SPAC transaction, increase the technical requirements for SPACs, and expand underwriter liability. The Upshot In the past two years, IPOs involving SPACs have raised an unprecedented $240 billion, partially due to a streamlined IPO and de-SPAC process.
SEC Proposes Rule Amendments to Modernize Beneficial Ownership Reporting | JD Supra
Summary The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is proposing to amend certain rules that govern beneficial ownership reporting. The proposed amendments include comprehensive changes to Regulation 13D-G and Regulation S-T to modernize the beneficial ownership reporting requirements and improve their operation and efficacy. The Upshot The proposed amendments would accelerate the filing deadlines for initial and amended beneficial ownership reports filed on Schedules 13D and 13G.
The SEC’s Open Comment Letter on Climate Change Disclosure: What Public Companies Should Be Doing Now | JD Supra
Summary Public companies should enhance their disclosure on the impact of climate change in line with the SEC’s open comment letter issued on September 29, 2021. The Upshot In an open comment letter posted on September 29, 2021, the SEC provided guidance to issuers on disclosures relating to the impact of climate change. Public companies should seek to incorporate the disclosure principles reflected in this open comment letter into this year’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.
SEC Approves Nasdaq's Board Diversity Rules | JD Supra
Summary The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the Nasdaq Stock Market’s proposed listing rules regarding board diversity, which will require companies to have at least two diverse directors or explain why they do not. The Upshot The new rules require a Nasdaq-listed company to disclose self-identified board demographic data on an annual basis. Most companies will also be required to have at least two diverse directors or provide an explanation for why it does not.
SPACs and De-SPACing: Considerations for Going Public Through a Combination with a SPAC | JD Supra
In the last year, there has been an unprecedented surge of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) formations. This has attracted a lot of attention to the SPAC space, from the sponsor side (traditional private equity firms, athletes, and celebrities) to the investor side (hedge funds and retail traders). Vast sums of capital and new found popularity have attracted private companies looking for potential exits or additional sources of capital.
LSA Launches New Program on Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
A new program from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA), called Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS), will provide students with new opportunities to learn and expand their knowledge of quantitative methods for use with big data as part of their social sciences training and to provide the knowledge and skills that empower students to work in the rapidly changing environment of human data analysis.
New LSA Building open to serve and support students
January 27, 2020 New LSA Building open to serve and support students Byline: By Brian Short LSA Communications Topics: Campus News Social The new LSA Building is up and running and open for LSA students to make the most of their new home on campus. The new building opened in January, and includes a range of resources including space for LSA students to connect, collaborate and study, and to access programs and support to help them excel academically and professionally.
Better with Age | U-M LSA U-M College of LSA
This is an article from the fall 2019 issue of LSA Magazine. Read more stories from the magazine. The University of Michigan’s Papyrology Collection isn’t just the biggest in North America, it’s also the most diverse — with the most time periods, the most languages, the most kinds, types, and genres of any papyrology collection on the continent.
The Forgotten Fire
In Robert Fieseler (A.B. '03)’s book Tinderbox, the Up Stairs Lounge in New Orleans is described as a kind of paradise for blue-collar gay men. It was the 1970s, and many of the bar’s patrons also attended the gay-friendly Metropolitan Community Church nearby. In fact, the bar was once home to the church, and its services had been conducted in the same space where bar patrons regularly put on costumed melodramas and drag revues. The bar’s proprietor, Buddy Rasmussen, ran a tight ship.
Make a Connection
For Stefanie Ilgenfritz (A.B. 1988), bureau chief of health and science for the Wall Street Journal, there really isn’t a typical day at work. “So there’s the 9:30 a.m. news meeting,” Ilgenfritz says, “where the editors who put together the website and the paper come together to talk about what’s going on.
Counterpoint: Archdiocese's bankruptcy filing wasn't done to impede clergy-abuse cases
It was with disappointment that we read Jim Keenan’s misleading commentary (“It’s the archdiocese, not survivors’ attorneys, that ought to give more,” April 6). Contrary to his assertion, the archdiocese did not file for bankruptcy in order to “prevent sexual-abuse cases from moving forward” but rather to make sure that all claimants would be treated fairly, not just the few who made it first to the courthouse steps.
A Space for Stories
If you look at a ranking of popular podcasts, you’ll see a ton of live storytelling titles. There’s the Moth and Spark and Porchlight and, a little farther down the list, Second Story, True Story, Risk!, Confession Booth, and many more. Each has its own flavor and style. Ann Arbor is home to at least four live-storytelling series, and now there’s a new one: Value the Voice: A Storyteller’s Lounge at U-M.
The New World Next Door
This is an article from the spring 2016 issue of LSA Magazine. Read more stories from the magazine. LSA’s Institute for the Humanities gives artists an intimate gallery space to ask challenging questions. And they put the answers right up on the wall. There's a shot in Doug Hall's Chrysopylae where a container ship with the word “Evergreen”—it’s the name of the shipping company, written in two-story-tall letters on the ship’s side—pushes into the left side of the frame.
Mapping Slavery in Detroit
This is an article from the Fall 2014 issue of LSA Magazine. To read more stories like this, click here. Professor Tiya Miles and a team of students have spent two years researching the history of slavery in Detroit, mapping the locations and lives of slaves and former slaves and reclaiming an essential part of the city’s history. The intersection of Brush and Macomb streets in Detroit’s Greektown looks like a lot of corners in the city. Trash freckles the sidewalk.
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