A down round is a round of financing that values a company at less than in an earlier round....
Obtaining initial financing can be a major issue for early stage and startup companies. One increasingly popular investing tool...
On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, ushering in what...
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Every summer, clients come to me asking for an agreement to use with their new interns.
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On November 10, 2010, the Court of Chancery of Delaware issued an opinion that should cause venture capitalists and...
A Qualified Small Business (QSB) is:(i) a domesting C corporation; (ii) with gross assets that don’t exceed $50M; (iii)...
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