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M & A Law Prof Blog
Summly? Wastely?
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
What's up with the Summly acqui-hire over at Yahoo!? (from BizInsider):Summly never had many users or any revenues. Yahoo is shutting the app down. Yahoo is saying the point of…
Rush on Business
Plains Angels Investing in Iowa Companies
By Rush Nigut
The Des Moines Register reported that investor group Plains Angels has invested $750,000 over the last eight months. This is great news for Iowa startup companies. Venture capital in Iowa…
The Venture Alley
Fundamental IP Protection for Startups
CONTRIBUTED BYAsher Bearmanasher.bearman@dlapiper.com Startup companies often have to protect their intellectual property (IP) on a budget. Here are some fundamental legal protections all startups should have: Employee Agreements. …
The CPA Desk
Rice Business Plan Competition Winners Ring Bell At NASDAQ
By PKF Texas
So for the past few years the winner of the Rice Business Plan Competition (BPC) (www.alliance.rice.edu) has been invited to go to New York City and ring the bell at the…
Life Sciences Legal Insights
Health Innovation Summit Begs the Question – Is Digital Health at a Tipping Point?
From the minute you stepped off the elevator at Rock Health’s annual Health Innovation Summit on Tuesday, there was an undeniable energy. The sold out event was jam-packed with entrepreneurs,…
The Venture Alley
The Venture Spotlight – Indy Driver, Team Owner and Angel Investor Sam Schmidt
CONTRIBUTED BYAsher Bearmanasher.bearman@dlapiper.com This edition of The Venture Spotlight features a 30 minute interview with Sam Schmidt, a professional indy car driver who suffered a horrific crash about 10 years ago…
The Venture Alley
JOBS Act: What Matters Most for Startups and VCs
By DLA Piper
CONTRIBUTED BY Megan Muir The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the JOBS Act), enacted in April this year, makes a variety of significant changes to securities laws, some of which…
The Venture Alley
Key Leasing Considerations for Startups
CONTRIBUTED BYAmy Carbinsamy.carbins@dlapiper.com In the early growth stages, new companies often look for short-term leases for relatively small suites to enable the company to expand or scale back on the space…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC’s Corp Fin Provides Guidance on JOBS Act’s “Emerging Growth Companies”
Staff from the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance posted on its website Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act Frequently Asked Questions: Generally Applicable Questions on Title I of the JOBS Act…
Workforce Bulletin
JOBS Act Provides Encouragement for Start-Ups and Emerging Growth Companies
Michelle Capezza, our colleague at Epstein Becker Green, recently posted a useful summary of the JOBS Act, and we recommend it to our readers in the financial services industry. See below for…