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Business Regulation & Regulated Industries

Intellectual Property Due Diligence in Mergers & Acquisitions
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Intellectual Property Due Diligence in Mergers & Acquisitions

By: Sajai Singh, Sarah Gatti
In today’s digital world and especially as businesses move toward building large brands, companies are building and accumulating significant intellectual property portfolios, whether it be trademarks in branding assets, copyrights to website pages, patents to artificial intelligence processing applications and modules, or trade secrets to a highly valuable recipe or a client list. As businesses... Read more »

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Strength through Uncertainty: New Delaware Chancery Court Ruling Potentially Enables Delaware Companies to “Ratify” Corporate Acts That Might (or Might Not) Be Defective

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Demystifying the Banking Regulators’ Recent Crypto Actions: Key Takeaways for Fintech Companies
7 Min Read
February 21, 2023

Demystifying the Banking Regulators’ Recent Crypto Actions: Key Takeaways for Fintech Companies

By: Jess Cheng
The last few years had started to see a convergence between crypto and banking, with Bitcoin appearing to rapidly grow mainstream. That momentum hit a wall with the spectacular crypto market failures of 2022, including the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX. In response to the significant volatility and the exposure of vulnerabilities in the... Read more »

Business of Law

Want a Dysfunctional Rule of Law? Then Neglect Civic Education

Corporations, LLCs & Partnerships

Despite Legal and Other Challenges, Amendments to Delaware’s Corporate Statute Remain Compelling

Business Regulation & Regulated Industries

Internet Law & Cyber-Security

IRS Provides Guidance on How to Answer Digital Asset Question on Tax Return
4 Min Read
February 2, 2023

IRS Provides Guidance on How to Answer Digital Asset Question on Tax Return

By: Douglas W. Charnas, Aaron Kouhoupt, Robert W. Savoie
Last year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revised a question regarding digital assets that appears at the top of certain 2022 income tax returns. Now, in IR-2023-12, the IRS has provided guidance on how to answer that question. The question, revised to update terminology by replacing “virtual currencies” with “digital assets,” appears at the top of... Read more »

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 Section Publishes Fifth Edition of Best-Selling Title, A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting

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Demystifying the Banking Regulators’ Recent Crypto Actions: Key Takeaways for Fintech Companies

Securities Law Compliance in Capital Raising by Early Stage and Other Private Businesses

Netflix Accurately Portrays Bernie Madoff, But There Are Some Misses

Medicare Advantage RADV Audits: Final Rule to Invoke Retroactive Rulemaking

M&A Transactions and the Fintech Ecosystem

Money in 2023: What Tech Companies Need to Know About Instant Payments and FedNow

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Intellectual Property Due Diligence in Mergers & Acquisitions

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Corporations, LLCs & Partnerships

Strength through Uncertainty: New Delaware Chancery Court Ruling Potentially Enables Delaware Companies to “Ratify” Corporate Acts That Might (or Might Not) Be Defective

Business of Law

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Corporations, LLCs & Partnerships

Time (and Process) of the Essence: Ontario Court Accelerates Timing of Requisitioned Meeting

Business of Law

Black History Month Spotlight – Section Recognizes Former Chair Flowers’s Legacy and Accomplishments

Bankruptcy & Finance

Internet Law & Cyber-Security

Trusts in a Trustless System: An Analysis of Entitlement to Digital Assets Held by Bankrupt Third Parties

Bankruptcy & Finance

Internet Law & Cyber-Security

The Crypto Bankruptcy Wave

Internet Law & Cyber-Security

Business Regulation & Regulated Industries

Fair Warnings from OFAC’s Settlements with Cryptocurrency Service Providers: Compliance Should Include Lifetime-of-the-Relationship, In-Process Geolocational Checks

Internet Law & Cyber-Security

Business Regulation & Regulated Industries

Demystifying the Banking Regulators’ Recent Crypto Actions: Key Takeaways for Fintech Companies

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Securities Law

Securities Law Compliance in Capital Raising by Early Stage and Other Private Businesses

Business of Law

Adopt a Growth Mindset

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Containing Wildfires: Cross-Border Class Actions and Multijurisdictional Litigation

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Netflix Accurately Portrays Bernie Madoff, But There Are Some Misses

Corporations, LLCs & Partnerships

Best Practices for Managing ESG in the Boardroom

Business Regulation & Regulated Industries

Internet Law & Cyber-Security

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Business Regulation & Regulated Industries

Medicare Advantage RADV Audits: Final Rule to Invoke Retroactive Rulemaking

Business of Law

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Mergers & Acquisitions

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Business Regulation & Regulated Industries

Internet Law & Cyber-Security

M&A Transactions and the Fintech Ecosystem

Mergers & Acquisitions

SPAC Litigation by the Numbers: Surprisingly Positive Trends in 2022

Business of Law

Time for Associates to Step It Up: 6 Things Law Firm Associates Can Do Today to Secure Their Jobs in a Recession

Business Regulation & Regulated Industries

Internet Law & Cyber-Security

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Money in 2023: What Tech Companies Need to Know About Instant Payments and FedNow
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