Emerging Companies and Venture Capital

In November 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted to amend and liberalize the many securities law rules affecting startups that are raising capital.

Non-U.S. startups often arrive at the point where they wish to seek funding from a U.S. venture capital firm or establish a presence in the U.S. Sophisticated investors tend to prefer to invest in com...

On November 2, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted to amend the rules on exempt securities offerings to harmonize various fundraising rules and facilitate access to capital for ...

California businesses affected by Covid may be eligible for a tax credit in 2020. The Main Street Hiring Credit helps businesses that terminated employees or dramatically reduced their work hours this...

Haynes and Boone, LLP and R&D Ribitzky jointly announce on Nov. 24, 2020 that they have formed a strategic alliance to counsel companies in the digital health and precision medicine sectors.

The IRS recently released long overdue guidance removing certain CARES Act tax-related obstacles to merger and acquisition transactions. Under the CARES Act, an employer is permitted to take advantag...

Partner Roger Royse authored an article in Silicon Valley Business Journal about how entrepreneurs decide what kind of business entity to select when starting a business.

When the USPTO launched its COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program on May 14, 2020, a key focus was to shorten the timeline to patent protection of COVID-19 related innovations for small busin...

On May 1, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the Patents 4 Partnerships (P4P) platform , a pilot program that aims to connect companies who wish to acquire or licens...

Under pressure to overcome the ongoing global pandemic, the United States government faces political pressure and is motivated to take any and all measures to facilitate the dissemination and use of i...