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4 Reasons Why Startup Founders Should Have a Vesting Interest in Their Companies

“It’s our company, shouldn’t we already own our shares?” This question is one of the most common that I hear during my initial discussions with entrepreneurs organizing a company. For entrepreneurs who…

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Securities

The Rhyme of the Prescient Barrister

  Back when Pluto was still a planet          and Bob Dole was challenging ClintonThe “Macarena” wasn’t old yet          and for internet you had to…

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DOL’s Final Overtime Rule – 6 Key Updates You Need to Know Now

Under the Department of Labor’s updated overtime rules, employers may need to pay their workers quite a bit more in salary or plan to pay overtime when the rule becomes effective. Currently,…

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What is a B Corporation?

A growing trend towards greater corporate social responsibility may include something that you’ve never heard of. While many companies have long prided themselves on being good corporate citizens, an increasing number of…

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13 Internet Law Gotcha Moments [Part 2]

In part one of this series, I gave some examples to show that the internet is not the Wild West. I talked about foreign regulations, CAN-SPAM and hosting contracts. This second part…

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3 Lease Provisions You Should Take the Time to Read

Your team spent months looking at office spaces…you found the perfect space. You spent weeks sending term sheets back and forth…you’re comfortable with the economic terms. Your broker called…the landlord delivered the…

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When a “C-” Lands You at the Head of the Class…

In June of last year, Dell released its findings of the Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard (essentially, a report card that measures the growth and other aspects of female-owned businesses around the…

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13 Internet Law Gotcha Moments [Part 1]

Almost every company has an internet presence. Some do all of their business on the internet. Even though we’ve had more than two decades to get used to internet memes and animated…

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5 Tips for Taking Emotions (but not emotional intelligence) Out of Deal Negotiations

You’re a passionate entrepreneur. You’ve invested a fair portion of your career, perhaps more than a fair portion of your savings and countless hours to build your technology, your idea, your brand—your…

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Is My Florida LLC Stuck with that Contract Joe Signed?

The Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act (the “Act”) contains a number of interesting provisions (at least they are interesting to nerdy lawyer types). One set of provisions in particular really affects…

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