A legal blog on private funds, startups, and venture capital.
A legal blog on private funds, startups, and venture capital.
Previously, I wrote about the need for the purchaser of a business to do due diligence on its prospective target. As I previously discussed, due diligence on a business can be split into three sections: legal, financial, and operational. This…
Buying a business is a high stakes matter. What makes the process even more nerve-wracking is that a business is different from just about any other asset one can buy. When someone purchases a piece of real estate, a car,…
Recycling is generally considered a good thing when it comes to trash. It helps the environment and conserves resources. However, in the context of legal work, it is not such a good thing. Of course, when I use the word…
Previously, I posted a summary of the status of state investment advisor registration requirements for private fund managers in the Northeast in wake of adoption of the Dodd-Frank Act. Massachusetts currently provides an exemption for investment advisers who only advise sophisticated…
Given their recent success this season, the timing of the Green Bay Packers’ decision to engage in another capital raise couldn’t be better. The Offering Document for their newest stock offering contains quite a peculiar sentence: “COMMON STOCK DOES NOT…
This post is the fourth in a series written by Nashville attorney Shane Cortesi on patent protection. As I mentioned in my previous post on patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101, the law in this area has been…
