10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending July 19, 2025
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Corporate Divorce – Preventing and Managing the Break-Up of a Business Partnership
Compliance into the Weeds: Of Wal-Mart, Tariffs and Stakeholder Capitalism
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Wolf Greenfield’s New Shareholders
Navigating Disputes Within Your Health Care Practice
When a co-shareholder purchases the debt obligations of the company without partners' knowledge
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JONES DAY TALKS®: Five Pillars of Series A Shareholder Rights: A Discussion for VC Investors
“Monsters, Inc.” y el buen gobierno corporativo
Marketing Minute Video with NP Strategy: Mastering Stakeholder Engagement
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Delaware’s Legal System: A Foundation Businesses Can Rely On - Delaware has earned a national—and international—reputation for its sophisticated and business-friendly corporate laws....more
For startup founders, few concepts are as important—or as commonly misunderstood—as dilution. It often first arises during a financing round, when investors receive equity (i.e., shares) in exchange for capital. Dilution is...more
Increasingly, founders desire liquidity with respect to a portion of their equity stake before the company goes public or completes a complete exit event (like an M&A sale). Liquidity is desired for many reasons, including...more
Startups can now use Stripe Atlas(opens in a new tab) to help form their C corp based on form documents previously only available on Cooley GO....more
A recent New York Times article titled “Delaware Law Has Entered the Culture War“ has highlighted a surprising trend: companies like Tesla, Dropbox, and Meta are reconsidering their incorporation in Delaware, long considered...more
I’m often asked by clients whether startups should have a separate stockholders’ agreement among the founders. The answer largely depends on whether they have or will have certain other startup documents in place....more
Founding a successful company is enormously difficult. An oft-cited statistic is that 75% of venture-backed start-ups fail, a percentage that is probably both understated and fails to consider all the companies that never...more
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
In West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension Fund v. Moelis & Company, the Delaware Court of Chancery invalidated a set of approval rights contained in a stockholder agreement as facially in conflict with Section 141(a) of the...more
Wilson Sonsini is pleased to present the 2023 Delaware Corporate Law and Litigation Year In Review. In 2023, the Delaware courts issued many decisions addressing an array of important topics, including director and officer...more
This article is one in a series of articles explaining various terms commonly seen in term sheets issued by venture capital funds. We give example language based on the commonly referenced National Venture Capital Association...more
In this issue of The Informed Board, we discuss how companies can position themselves as merger reviews grow lengthier and more difficult, and we explain the legal framework for NFTs so directors can provide informed...more
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently made news when it ruled that Delaware law, not California law, applied to a minority shareholder’s request to inspect the books and records of a Delaware corporation with its principal...more
Direct Listings: The What, The Why and Common Misconceptions - Spotify did it. Slack did it. Many other late-stage private technology companies are reported to be seriously considering doing it. Should yours? In this...more
Preferred stock is commonly used for venture capital and private equity investments. It gives the investor the ability to convert to common stock if the deal succeeds, and also includes protection of the liquidation...more
Venture capital firms and their director designees on portfolio company boards can find themselves stuck between their fiduciary duty to common shareholders and the terms of preferred investment documents. Before any other...more
A recent order by the Delaware Court of Chancery that interprets standard venture capital financing documents invalidated action taken by the holders of a majority of the common stock of a Delaware corporation to remove and...more