How does allowing crowdfunding of equity differ from the traditional startup finance model of investment by angels and venture capitalists? This article looks at literature by crowdfunding advocates which argues that the answer to this question...
This article reviews the outcome of a recent patent infringement lawsuit involving futures trading software. A key part of the court's opinion in the case in question turned on the idea that where a "parent" patent had an express limitation,...
How are the shares offered to the public in an IPO priced? This article looks to the most recent draft of Facebook's IPO prospectus, which included new language detailing how the company arrived at its initial offering price. The article...
When starting a business partnership (or similarly structured business), this article points out that it is best to plan for how to handle matters when things go bad up front; after all, circumstances change, and many bitter partnership disputes...
The creation of an equity crowdfunding securities exemption was big news at the time of the passage of the JOBS Act, but as this article points out, regulators are still warning that it is too early to conduct a crowdfunded offering of equity. ...
This article continues a series which puts forth general advice about HIPAA compliance; this particular article focuses on administrative requirements for keeping your business in compliance with the statute and its rules. It also notes that...
The equity crowdfunding exemption created by the JOBS Act enmeshes "funding portals" within its statutory scheme. This article notes that there are a number of sophisticated parties building these funding portals, but wonders if the other...
The JOBS Act aimed to allow small businesses and startups to more easily raise capital by making the regulations around certain types of fundraising less restrictive. Much of the implementation of the JOBS Act remains to be done by the SEC, and...
This article posits one reason why attorneys have trouble fully understanding entrepreneurs. The reason detailed by the article has to do with an important difference in the way the two types of people do business; entrepreneurs are focused on...
This article looks to the history of prior patent reforms and explains why we might see a stampede to file patents prior to the upcoming effective date of the America Invents Act. The article also outlines the arguments about why this patent...