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In the Boardroom: Special Edition - Lessons Learned from Silicon Valley Bank

Our In the Boardroom: Practical Advice and Guidance podcast series features insights from Mintz Members Steve Osborn, Melanie Levy, and Tom Burton on a wide variety of topics specific to boards. For decades, Steve, Melanie, and Tom have guided companies from inception to exit, and have encountered, navigated, and mitigated innumerable board-related issues. From their experiences, you can learn a great deal. Let’s take a listen!

In this special edition of the podcast, the team discusses lessons learned for board members from the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). What does risk management in the boardroom mean? Who is principally responsible for risk management? What kinds of risks should be reviewed? These are a few of the questions that Steve, Melanie, and Tom will delve into.

We hope you enjoy listening.

Health Law Diagnosed: EnforceMintz: Analyzing Health Care False Claims Act Cases

In this episode, Mintz Health Care Enforcement Defense specialists Karen Lovitch, Brian Dunphy, and Eoin Beirne discuss key trends in the health care enforcement landscape with Health Law Diagnosed host, Bridgette Keller, focusing on their recent edition of the EnforceMintz newsletter, Analyzing Health Care False Claims Act Cases.

Health Law Diagnosed: Mintz Health Law: What We Are Grateful For

The Mintz Health Law team celebrates the start of 2023 by sharing what they are grateful for as they look back on a year of client service, mentorship, and working together as a team.

In the Boardroom: Down Rounds

Our In the Boardroom: Practical Advice and Guidance podcast series features insights from Mintz Members Steve Osborn and Melanie Levy on a wide variety of topics specific to boards. For decades, Steve and Melanie have guided companies from inception to exit, and have encountered, navigated, and mitigated innumerable board-related issues. From their experiences, you can learn a great deal. Let’s take a listen!

In our seventh session, the team is joined by Jeremy Glaser, Co-chair of our Venture Capital & Emerging Companies Practice, to discuss what you need to know about down round financings – overview; perceptions, implications, and risks; and how a board can best prepare for a down round.

We hope you enjoy listening. And stay tuned for our next session.

In the Boardroom: Crises in the Boardroom

Our In the Boardroom: Practical Advice and Guidance podcast series features insights from Mintz Members Steve Osborn and Melanie Levy on a wide variety of topics specific to boards. For decades, Steve and Melanie have guided companies from inception to exit, and have encountered, navigated, and mitigated innumerable board-related issues. From their experiences, you can learn a great deal. Let’s take a listen!

In our sixth session, the team is joined by Jason Vigna, a Member in our Securities Litigation Practice, to discuss best practices for handling crises in the boardroom — including identifying, documenting, discussing, managing, and disclosing material risks.

We hope you enjoy listening. And stay tuned for our next session.

In the Boardroom: Special Edition - Lessons from Theranos

Our In the Boardroom: Practical Advice and Guidance podcast series features insights from Mintz Members Steve Osborn, Melanie Levy, and Tom Burton on a wide variety of topics specific to boards. For decades, Steve, Melanie, and Tom have guided companies from inception to exit, and have encountered, navigated, and mitigated innumerable board-related issues. From their experiences, you can learn a great deal. Let’s take a listen!

With the conviction and 11-year sentence for former CEO Elizabeth Holmes, the team looks at the lessons to be learned from Theranos, The team discusses (1) the importance of open communication between board members and executives, (2) fostering a culture of compliance, and (3) tips for picking up on the early-warning signs.

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In the Boardroom: Employment Law

Our In the Boardroom: Practical Advice and Guidance podcast series features insights from Mintz Members Steve Osborn and Melanie Levy on a wide variety of topics specific to boards. For decades, Steve and Melanie have guided companies from inception to exit, and have encountered, navigated, and mitigated innumerable board-related issues. From their experiences, you can learn a great deal. Let’s take a listen!

In our fifth session, which focuses on employment law, the team is joined by Jen Rubin, a bicoastal Member in our Employment, Labor & Benefits Practice and Chair of our ESG Practice, to discuss best practices related to hiring an executive (hint: consensus is key), managing the executive at the board level, and how to (amicably) negotiate to terminate an executive.

We hope you enjoy listening. And stay tuned for our next session.

Health Law Diagnosed: The Regulatory Landscape of Value-Based Primary Care: Top 5 Matters for Aledade’s Regulatory Counsel

During this episode, Bridgette Keller speaks with Bre Hitchen, Regulatory & Operations Counsel at Aledade, Inc., about the most important topics on Bre’s mind as she works to support Aledade’s business teams with regulatory counsel and compliance advice.