Troutman Pepper Locke Podcasts

On January 4, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo to all U.S. Attorneys discussing marijuana enforcement. The one-page memo rescinds previous DOJ guidance on marijuana enforcement, and has been seen by some as Sessions’ crackdown on the legal cannabis industry. This podcast is a discussion with Alva Mather and Jay Dubow, leaders of Pepper’s Cannabis Industry Group, about the Session...

Pepper Hamilton was the coaching sponsor of the 2017 New England Venture Summit at the end of last year. Pepper had a nice team at the conference over the two days, and we are joined by most of them for this podcast. Pepper attorneys Shirley Kuhlmann, Steve London, Nick Stawasz, and Dan Sieck joined me to discuss a recap of the themes, insights and concerns they heard from the VCs and companies lo...

The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act was passed in 2010, legalizing marijuana use for patients with certain approved debilitating medical conditions. In the 2017 election for New Jersey’s next governor, both candidates promised changes to the state’s laws surrounding marijuana. With Democrat Phil Murphy set to take office on January 16, we sat down with Alva Mather and Jessica Ba...

In July of 2017 Pepper Hamilton formalized our cannabis industry group by drawing together attorneys from a variety of practice areas to make a multidisciplinary team. Those practices included attorneys with experience in health sciences, pharmaceuticals, intellectual property protection and alcohol and food regulations. We are joined on this podcast by the three partners leading this team – Alva...

Pepper partner Gregory J. Nowak hosted an Investment Management Update webinar for West LegalEdcenter. Recent reports have noted that Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have raised more investor capital than venture and angel investing combined since the beginning of 2017. The institutional investor community needs to understand this important new asset class. This month, Mr. Nowak was joined by David...

Pepper partner Gregory J. Nowak hosted an Investment Management Update webinar for West LegalEdcenter. In this episode, Mr. Nowak is joined by Pepper attorney Cassandre L. Juste, and together they provide a review of the “summer blockbusters” affecting the investment management and brokerage industries including: • New form ADV effective October 1, 2017; the SEC is focusing in on compensatio...

The last several years have seen the investment banker-led auction become a common method of selling businesses. We recently sat down with Pepper partner Andrew Hulsh and Eric Saucedo of Tricap Partners & Co. to discuss this topic. Mr. Hulsh and Mr. Saucedo both participated in a breakfast briefing in Pepper’s New York office around the auction process, which also featured executives from Star...

Pepper Hamilton partner Matthew H. Adler chairs the firm's International and Domestic Arbitration Practice Group and is co-chairman of the Commercial Litigation Practice Group. He is also a lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law. Matt recently authored a new text book on arbitration with the help of some Pepper associates, including Katherine B. Puccio and Ryan E. Peters. We sat down...

Pepper has been a longtime sponsor of the New England Venture Summit and, for the last two years, has taken over the Coaching Sponsor role of the New York Venture Summit. This year's Summit took place in mid-July, and Pepper partner Scott Jones from our Health Sciences Department and Emerging Growth Group moderated two VC panels over the course of the Summit. Scott joined us to discuss insights he...

Pepper partner Gregory J. Nowak hosted an Investment Management Update webinar for West LegalEdcenter. In this episode, Mr. Nowak is joined by Alex Mascioli, Managing Partner at North Street LP and Evan Katz, Managing Director at Crawford Ventures, Inc. for a discussion of best practices for raising investment dollars for your private fund and investment management business. Mr. Nowak will review...

Pepper partner Gregory J. Nowak hosted an Investment Management Update webinar for West LegalEdcenter. In October 2016, the SEC issued its final Investment Company Reporting Modernization rules with a 597-page release. Although the registered investment company industry is well acquainted with sweeping regulatory changes, these new rules pose unique reporting challenges for all registered funds an...

Pepper partner Gregory J. Nowak hosted an Investment Management Update webinar for West LegalEdcenter. In this episode, Mr. Nowak is joined by Jim Kerr, managing director at Rockport Investment Partners and Andrew Halperin, partner at EisnerAmper to discuss the valuation of assets held by funds, of interests in funds and of the manager's/GP's carry. This podcast is a recording of this session. Hos...

Title IX guidance and enforcement were a major focus of the Obama administration and now after the 100th day of the new administration, most members of the higher education community still are wondering if we will continue to see the same level of regulatory enforcement as the prior administration. In this podcast we are joined by Michael E. Baughman and Kristin H. Jones, leaders of Pepper's Highe...

Pepper Hamilton has been a sponsor of iGlobal’s Independent Sponsors Summit in New York City for the last couple of years. In this podcast we are joined today by Pepper partner John Rogers who is slated to speak at the Summit on April 20, 2017. We discussed what activity he is seeing in the independent sponsor space, regulatory issues that need to be focused on and developments in how independent...

Pepper had a large presence at LendIt USA 2017 on March 6-7, 2017 in New York City. We sat down with two members of Pepper’s Marketplace Lending team that were there to discuss their thoughts on the conference. Pepper attorneys Gregory J. Nowak and Todd R. Kornfeld covered what were the most pressing issues they were hearing from attendees (2:55); China’s presence at the conference (6:22); the Tru...

Gregory J. Nowak, a partner and practice leader for hedge funds in Pepper Hamilton’s Funds Services Practice Group hosts a series of candid, interactive discussions on what is going on now in the investment management world, including issues that affect private funds and their managers for West LegalEdcenter. This month Mr. Nowak was joined by Pepper partners Joan C. Arnold, Steven D. Bortnick and...

Pepper partner Gregory J. Nowak hosted an Investment Management Update webinar for West LegalEdcenter. In this episode, Mr. Nowak is joined by Pepper attorneys Michael K. Jones, Peter T. Wakiyama, Lori Harrison and Joseph J. Holovachuk to discuss “Protecting Intellectual Property Using Business Process Patents, Trade Secrets, Copyrights and Trademarks.” The panel covers the importance of having an...

Pepper partner Gregory J. Nowak hosted an Investment Management Update webinar for West LegalEdcenter. In this episode, Mr. Nowak is joined by Pepper partners Martin S. Bloor and Julia D. Corelli to discuss recent enforcement actions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and findings of Pepper's recently published report on private equity funds entitled Fees and Expenses 2016: A pfm Benchmarking...

Pepper partner Gregory J. Nowak hosted an Investment Management Update webinar for West LegalEdcenter. For this episode, Mr. Nowak is joined by Pepper attorneys Jay A. Dubow and Cassandre L. Juste to discuss the efforts of the SEC and CFTC during 2016. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

With President-Elect Donald Trump taking office in a couple of weeks, we thought it was a good time to discuss a topic that a lot of our clients have been calling us about since November 9th - what does a Donald Trump presidency mean for the Financial Services Industry. Joining forces from Pepper’s Financial Services practice for this podcast are Pepper partners Rick Eckman and Greg Nowak, and spe...

Glen and Joe talk with Alva Mather, an attorney who practices alcohol law. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Pepper partner Gregory J. Nowak hosts a monthly Investment Management Roundtable for West LegalEdCenter. This session’s topic was funds and leverage. Pepper attorneys John P. Falco, John M. Ford, Paul W. Hespel, Todd R. Kornfeld and Elizabeth R. Tabas Carson joined Mr. Nowak. The panel covered: How funds take down leverage – bank lines, senior debt, mezz debt, securitization and swaps Cross-border...

Pepper partner Gregory J. Nowak hosts a monthly Investment Management Roundtable for West LegalEdCenter. This session’s topic was enterprise risk assessment. Joining this program was Adam Depanfilis, Director at KPMG, and Jeff Lindenbaum, Chief Executive Officer at CQS. The panel discussed the following topics: • Defining and understanding enterprise-wide risks (EWRs) • Addressing regulatory requi...

Pepper partner James D. Rosener spoke on a Strafford webinar on “Going Private Transactions: Deal Structure Considerations, SEC Disclosure Obligations, Fiduciary Duties and More.” Going-private transactions are significantly more challenging than other sale transactions as a result of complex SEC disclosure issues. This recording is a portion of Mr. Rosener’s presentation. Hosted by Simplecast, an...

Recent legal and regulatory developments are affecting the ways that marketplace lenders and investors do business — and their impact will continue to be felt well into the future. This is a turbulent time in this developing industry and senior members of Pepper Hamilton’s Marketplace Lending practice sat down for a podcast to discuss some of the industry’s most significant issues and their implic...