6/19/2025 10:40:08 AM Senate Bill Would Augment QSBS Benefits for Startup Founders and Investors By William Skinner Kris Hatch The Senate Finance Committee's version of the Republicans' budget reconciliation legislation (the “Senate Bill”) would significantly...
6/18/2025 11:23:57 PM What Founders Actually Own at IPO (And Why It Matters Now More Than Ever) By Michael Esquivel Founders often dream about the IPO moment—the bell-ringing, the headlines, the validation. But what’s often overlooked is what ownership...
6/18/2025 2:00:05 PM FINRA Fee Cap Increase Coming in July By David Bell Ran Ben-Tzur Amanda Rose Wendy Grasso +1 more... Show less Some issuers will be subject to higher FINRA fee caps beginning July 1, 2025. Section 7 of Schedule A to the FINRA By-Laws sets forth the...
6/17/2025 10:01:11 PM Tax Court Says AbbVie's $1.6B Break Fee Payment to Shire Properly Deducted as Ordinary Expense By Vanessa Park-Thompson A break fee in a merger-gone-south can be deducted as an ordinary expense, the U.S. Tax Court held today, finding for biopharmaceutical...
6/16/2025 2:36:46 PM SEC Withdraws 2022 Proposed Amendment to Rule 14a-8 By David Bell Ran Ben-Tzur Amanda Rose Wendy Grasso +1 more... Show less On June 12, 2025, the SEC announced its withdrawal of previously proposed amendments to Rule 14a-8. The amendments, proposed in June...
6/16/2025 2:16:18 PM SEC Staff Says Certain Protocol Staking Activities Don't Constitute the Sale of Securities By David Bell Ran Ben-Tzur Amanda Rose Wendy Grasso +1 more... Show less The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance recently issued a statement on Certain Protocol Staking Activities, essentially articulating...
6/13/2025 6:42:19 PM From AI to IP: What’s Shaping Biotech in 2025? By Rob Freedman Jon McMichael Chen Chen As BIO 2025 approaches in Boston, eight pivotal trends are emerging at the intersection of science, business, IP, and regulation:...
6/13/2025 4:08:50 PM New York Passes on Mandatory Sustainability Reporting By Wendy Grasso New York has failed to adopt climate reporting requirements in the 2025 legislative session, according to Forbes. The New York State...
6/12/2025 4:16:42 PM Delaware Supreme Court to Consider Constitutionality of SB 21 By Wendy Grasso Yesterday, the Delaware Supreme Court agreed to accept questions certified to the court relating to the constitutionality of Senate Bill...
6/11/2025 2:05:45 PM Buy-Side M&A Playbook: Due Diligence in Aerospace & Defense – What Buyers Need to Know By Stephen Fisher Patrick Grilli David Hayes This article is part of Fenwick's "Buy-Side M&A Playbook" series, published as part of the Silicon Valley Defense Group's Industry...
6/10/2025 10:53:08 PM Angel Investing in 2025: A New Era of Discipline, Relationships & Diligence By Michael Esquivel I recently had the chance to contribute to a thoughtful and timely piece by my good friend and podcast co-host, Halle Tecco. After 15...
6/5/2025 3:10:43 PM Nevada Enacts Major Changes to Entice Corporations By David Bell Ran Ben-Tzur Dean Kristy Wendy Grasso +1 more... Show less Nevada advanced its quest to challenge Delaware as the go-to state for incorporation on May 30, 2025, when Gov. Joe Lombardo signed...