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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey - Fourth Quarter 2012

Background- We analyzed the terms of venture financings for 116 companies headquartered in Silicon Valley that reported raising money in the fourth quarter of 2012....more

Transaction Monitoring Under the FCPA [Video]

Transaction monitoring was mentioned in a couple of significant enforcement actions of 2012. I think that it will move to becoming a best practice in FCPA compliance programs. This video will explain how transaction...more

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey - Third Quarter 2012

Background—We analyzed the terms of venture financings for 117 companies headquartered in Silicon Valley that reported raising money in the third quarter of 2012. Overview of Fenwick & West Results - Venture...more

China Life Sciences and Health Industry Client Briefing – September 2012 (October 4, 2012)

In This Issue: • Merck-Simcere Joint Venture Starts Business in Pudong (Shanghai Daily 2012-09-13) – September 14, 2012 • Pfizer Joint Venture Set to Hire 600 Staff (Bloomberg News 2012-09-14) – September 14,...more

Where are we now? -- Markets and Legal Developments for Technology Executives

In This Presentation: Market Trends - Venture Capital; Private Equity; Initial Public Offerings; Mergers & Acquisitions; Legal Updates - Jobs Act/Capital Markets; Mergers & Acquisitions; General Corporate/Governance; Our...more

Lessons For Investors From the Facebook IPO

Lessons For Investors From the Facebook IPO by Dan Brecher on May 28, 2012 Facebook highlights one of the most significant risks of pre-IPO investing—the value of the stock can go down as well as up. While Facebook’s...more

Silicon Valley Venture Survey - First Quarter 2012

Background — We analyzed the terms of venture financings for 114 companies headquartered in Silicon Valley that reported raising money in the first quarter of 2012. Overview of Fenwick & West Results • Up rounds...more

Trends in Terms of Venture Financings in Silicon Valley — Fourth Quarter 2011

We analyzed the terms of venture financings for 117 companies headquartered in Silicon Valley that reported raising money in the fourth quarter of 2011. Up rounds exceeded down rounds in 4Q11, 70% to 16%, with...more

Trends in Terms of Venture Financings In Silicon Valley (Fourth Quarter 2010)

We analyzed the terms of venture financings for 95 companies headquartered in Silicon Valley that reported raising money in the fourth quarter of 2010. Please see full update below for more information....more

Dodd-Frank's Mandatory Executive Compensation Clawback

A review of the executive compensation clawback provisions in the recently-enacted Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation, including a checklist of issues for boards of directors and compensation committees to consider in...more

Alexandros, et al. v. KOR Electronics, et al.

Statement of Decision Following Trial

The case involved a venture capital-led recapitalization, in which common stockholders claimed that the terms of the recapitalization destroyed the value of their common stock. The common stockholders sued the directors and...more

Top Five Risk Management Tips For Venture Capitalists

Five key tips for venture capital and private equity firms negotiating corporate financings, mergers, recapitalizations or other significant corportate transactions in the current recession....more

Method in the Madness: A Practical Checklist for Corporate Directors

A ten-step checklist to assist corporate directors, as well as management and in-house counsel, in making high-quality, well-informed corporate decisions, including defining the task, obtaining relevant information and...more

Latesco, L.P., et al. v. Wayport, Inc., et al.

Memorandum Opinion

In this case, a venture-backed company founder sold a portion of his common stock in two tranches, then sued the board and two venture capital firms when the company was sold a year later. The founder claimed that the...more

How to Prevent a Trip to Court Before Entering a Major Transaction

A brief, practical discussion of managing litigation risk inherent in corporate transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions, refinancings, recapitalizations, and the like, executed in a recession or down markets....more

New IDEA to Replace EDGAR: SEC Hopes for Faster, More Accurate and Useful Public Company Data

On August 19, 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced further progress towards its goal of modernizing the current EDGAR reporting system ? by moving away from a form-based filing system to a more interactive...more