The Venture Alley, published by DLA Piper, focuses on legal issues related to venture capital and private fund management. It covers topics such as regulatory compliance for venture capital funds, tax implications for fund investors, SEC rulemaking affecting private fund advisers, and structuring considerations for venture capital funds under securities laws. The blog also addresses practical matters like management rights letters, secondary market transactions, and anti-money laundering regulations impacting investment advisers. It provides analysis of court decisions, regulatory proposals, and legislative developments relevant to venture capital fund managers, investors, and legal practitioners in the private funds space.
Contributed by our colleague Mark Radcliffe
2014 was a great year for startups seeking funding. Two of the leading reporting companies, PitchBook and CB Insights, report similar trends (both of these reports focus on funding by traditional financial venture capitalists…
A useful note from our colleague Sanjay Beri, originally posted at Technology’s Legal Edge.
I was recently reminded that the term “reseller” agreement can often mean different things to different people. Misunderstandings about these types of relationships creates the…
From our colleagues Paolo Morante, Steven E. Levitsky, and Laura Kam
In accordance with the 2000 amendments to the HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission has announced its annual revision to the jurisdictional thresholds under the Act. The…
From our colleagues, Michelle J. Anderson and Jim Halpert, originally published as a Data Protection, Privacy and Security Alert (US)
According to the Data Quality Campaign, 36 states considered 110 student data privacy bills in 2014, and 20…
Just a reminder to those who have Delaware corporations, your annual report and franchise tax payment are both due by March 1 (which falls on a Sunday this year so plan accordingly). At this point, you have likely already received…
PitchBook just released its recap of 2014 venture capital trends by region, focusing on the most active regions and presenting the information in infographic form. Each infographic can be found here: Bay Area, Pacific Northwest, New York…
Article prepared by and republished courtesy of our employment colleagues, including the Chair of DLA Piper’s US Employment Group, Michael J. Sheehan; originally published here: https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/insights/publications/2014/12/are-you-a-joint-employer/
Think supply chain. Think franchisor. Think private equity. For all these types of businesses,…
Article prepared by and republished courtesy of our colleagues Evan Migdail, Bruce Thompson and Linda Pfatteicher; originally published here: http://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/insights/publications/2014/11/tax-reform-after-the-mid-terms/.
While some aspects of the agenda for the incoming Republican-controlled 114th Congress are still in formulation, there…
Contributed by Jeffrey A. Showalter
Most large venture deals require that the Company’s outside legal counsel issue a customary legal opinion, addressed to the investors in the financing, in order to give the investors comfort that the company’s legal affairs are…
Thank you to all who participated in the Technology Leaders Forecast Survey that we posted last month. As posted earlier, on October 7, DLA Piper hosted its 2014 Global Technology Leaders Summit, where technology leaders, influential innovators and policymakers…
