Wage and Hour Fundamentals: “A Guide for Early Stage Companies”
Introduction Many emerging companies begin their corporate life without a firm grasp on critical issues related to wage and hour laws. With limited financial and human capital at the outset, emerging companies have a tendency to take a reactive approach to HR, often with devastating near...
Emerging Tech Companies: It’s Not Your Uncle’s Dot.Com Regulatory Environment Anymore for Privacy and Data Security
by John Kennedy The Silicon Valley motto, "Move fast and break things" is alive and well in the era of Big Data, artificial intelligence and machine learning. But moving fast can also lead to stubbed toes and worse, as recent privacy troubles at major tech leaders...
The Patent Eligibility Battle for Life Sciences Companies in a Changing Landscape
Over the last few years, the United States Supreme Court has changed the landscape of patent eligibility with its decisions in Mayo Collaborative Servs v Prometheus Labs, Inc. 132 S. Ct. 1289 (2012) and Alice Corp Pty Ltd v CLS Bank Int’l, 134 S. Ct. 2347 (2014)....
What Type of Security Should You Use to Fund Your Venture?
Evan S. Kipperman, Adam Silverman, Lena S. Bae You're an entrepreneur looking to fund a new company. How should you finance your venture? In this article, we review the most common types of securities used in financing emerging companies, and highlight key issues worth considering for...