Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (the Court) held in Am. All. for Equal Rts. v. Fearless Fund Mgmt., LLC (Fearless Fund) that the Fearless Strivers Grant Contest (the Contest), a startup...more
6/24/2024
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The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) is the self-designated flagship trade association of the venture capital (VC) industry. Its primary mission includes promoting consistency and efficiency in VC financing...more
5/30/2024
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On April 20, 2022, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed into law a bill to allow decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), to register as a type of limited liability company. As the second U.S. state to grant legal status...more
Governor Haslam recently signed into law the "For-Profit Benefit Corporation Act" (the FPBCA), which has now been assigned Public Chapter No. 497. The FPBCA will take effect on January 1, 2016 and will allow for-profit...more
What’s the biggest mistake startup entrepreneurs make with respect to their intellectual property, and what can they do to fix it? That’s the question we recently put to IP attorneys writing on JD Supra, knowing that the...more