May 21, 2024 Moelis Decision Ushers in Uncertainty for Enforcement of Shareholder Agreements By Matthew Uretsky John Cushing Isabelle Jacobs The Delaware Court of Chancery ushered in uncertainty for early-stage companies and their investors with its recent decision in West Palm...
Jan 11, 2024 EU AI Act: Deep Dive into Its Impact on Corporate Finance, VC, Exits By Matthew Richardson Neil Foster The EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) isn't just a regulatory blip on the radar; it will reshape the landscape of Europe's AI...
Dec 27, 2023 Are You in Compliance With the Corporate Transparency Act? By Rodger Moss Morgan Jones Rachel Moroknek Nicole Baek +1 more... Show less In 2021, Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which updates anti-money laundering laws. The CTA mandates that certain...
Dec 17, 2023 The EU AI Act: Navigating the First Global AI Regulation for Businesses By Morgan Jones Matthew Richardson The political agreement of the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) marks a transformative moment in the global AI...
Nov 09, 2023 France Says "Oui" to AI By Morgan Jones France’s data protection authority, Commission Nationale Informatique & Libertés (the "CNIL"), recently issued very important news,...
Jul 04, 2023 Right-Sizing Your Post-Financing Option Pool By Brown Rudnick Recent data from Carta indicates that at the time of a Series Seed or Series A financing, a company will typically have an available...
Jun 08, 2023 Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act of 2023 By Tyler Horowitz Michael Cohen On May 31, 2023, the U.S. House of Representatives passed The Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act of 2023 (the “Bill”). If enacted...
Apr 17, 2023 Founders Should Get Credit for Time Served if Required to (Re)vest Stock in Connection With a Financing By Brown Rudnick At the time of a Series Seed or Series A financing (and sometimes in later rounds), investors typically require that the company’s...
Mar 27, 2023 Former Silicon Valley Bank Acquired by First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company in North Carolina By Michael Cohen At breakneck speed, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has concluded a sale of Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A. (formerly...
Mar 13, 2023 SVB Collapse – Closing Your Account By Michael Cohen Over the last several days, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, (the FDIC), has provided a lot of (sometimes conflicting)...
Mar 12, 2023 Brown Rudnick Webinar: Silicon Valley Bank Failure: What We Know Now and What to Do By Thomas Phillips Michael Cohen Amanda Varella Stephen Best Stephen Palley Daniel Healy Neil Foster Tim Davison +5 more... Show less In case you missed our second webinar on the impact of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, we have shared the video here.
Mar 12, 2023 Navigating the Silicon Valley Bank Failure By Brown Rudnick As the fallout continues over the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the nation’s 16th largest bank and one of the primary lenders for...
Mar 03, 2023 Liquidation Preferences in Venture Capital Financing By Brown Rudnick The Liquidation Preference is typically the most important economic term in a financing after the valuation because it establishes the...
Mar 02, 2023 Trends in VC Terms Suggests Investors Are Not Expecting a Quick Rebound By Brown Rudnick Data recently released by Carta provides a bit of detail that is helpful to understanding the general trend towards more...
Jan 19, 2023 Basics of Corporate Governance By Brown Rudnick Corporate governance encompasses the formal rules and procedures companies must follow in their day-to-day operations, including the...
Jan 17, 2023 Creating a Solid Framework for a Founding Team By Brown Rudnick Not all great companies are the product of great founding teams, but few companies can survive a dysfunctional founding team for very...