“Organic” Certification: An Overview of the Legal Framework
In 1990, Congress passed the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA), 7 U.S.C. §§ 6501–6522, “to establish national standards governing the marketing of certain agricultural products as organically produc...
Direct Listings, an Alternative to Stock-based Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
Introduction
An initial public offering, or IPO, refers to the initial time that a private company offers its shares of stock to the general public to raise capital. After an IPO, the company’s shares...