Depending on the source, there are between 100 and 400 activist investor funds, with between $100 billion and $400 billion to invest. According to a recent report by Activist Insight and the law firm of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, 344 companies were targeted by activists in 2014, up from 291 companies in 2013 – a trend that is expected to continue in 2015. To read the Executive Summary “Activists Have Changed, Their Targets Should Too,” published in Today’s General Counsel, click here. To read the original article “Salt Your Pasta Water” in its entirety, click here.