Hi, my name is Alden Zecha, I’m a Managing Director with SideCar Angels, a local angel investment group. Tell Us About Your Journey My journey has been pretty diverse, it’s very non-traditional. I came out of University/College with my education and started working in a corporate American R&D lab, actually at a work bench mixing […]
Many companies are facing hard decisions as financial challenges continue and the fear of recession lingers.
On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) ruled that the proffer of broad confidentiality and non- disparagement provisions in severance agreements violates the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). The decision is effective immediately and applies to existing severance agreements.
In an ideal world, a startup (or, for that matter, any company, public or private) that needs to raise multiple rounds of capital as it matures and scales does so with increasingly higher valuations for each respective financing round. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. As we enter 2023, there are several forces chilling […]
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In short, yes, and there are many different ways in which cannabis and cannabis-related inventions may be protected. The U.S. government has authority to grant patents under the Patent and Copyright clause of the U.S. Constitution (U.S. Const. Art. 1, § 8, cl. 8). By comparison, the U.S. government has authority to grant trademark registrations […]
Now you just need to negotiate, structure and close on the sale of your business. Below are some tips to help you to minimize the risks and maximize the rewards of your M&A transaction:
Leading Global Law Firm Network, Mackrell International in Chambers Guide, a premier legal industry directory, for 11th Year Running. The Chambers Global Guide ranks the top lawyers, law firms and law firm networks in more than 190 countries across the world. Rankings are based on an in-depth review by a dedicated and experienced team of […]
Superior Court Business Litigation Session published an opinion this afternoon in the matter of Governo Law Firm LLC v. CMBG3 LLC that is interesting in several respects.
Commercializing a product requires significant investments of time, resources, and effort. One may attempt to recoup some of that investment by securing patents on inventive features of the product. A patent provides the patent holder with rights to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, selling, and/or importing the patented features.
Congratulations! You turned what once were only dreams into a thriving business venture. It took more effort than you ever imagined, yet you have created a valuable company that others are willing to pay a premium to acquire. Now you just need to negotiate, structure and close on the sale of your business. Below are some tips to help you to minimize the risks and maximize the rewards of your M&A transaction:
The Federal Trade Commission would like to preempt state law and make most noncompetes illegal as a matter of nationwide federal law. In January it began a rulemaking toward that end. See The FTC: Noncompete Agreements Must Go.
Phil Gager is the Managing Director of Service Provider Capital, New England, a very active fund that is now two years into its investment period. Likely to do 60 – 70 investments from this fund, Phil and SPC have amassed an extraordinarily valuable network of entrepreneurs, service providers and financing sources that creates enormous value for the SPC portfolio.
Interview with Tom Lazay, Co-Founder and General Partner, Companyon Ventures Hi I’m Tom Lazay Co-Founder and General Partner at Companyon Ventures. We’re a venture capital firm based in Boston, investing in B2B software companies at the post-seed pre-A stage. Tell Us About Your Journey I got into entrepreneurship starting in undergrad with a classmate of […]
The Massachusetts Legislature has attempted to pass legislation regulating noncompete agreements every year since 2009. This year, it finally succeeded. The new law, which will take effect on October 1, 2018, makes important changes to the body of Massachusetts non-compete “common-law” that has evolved over many decades. Here are the highlights of the new Non-compete […]