In this Issue:

- Corporate: Negotiating Strategies for the Sale of Technology Companies

- Intellectual Property: Crowdfunding and Confidentiality for Tech Start-Ups

- Real Estate: An Introduction to Leasing For Start-Ups

- Insolvency: What Every Technology Company Needs to Know When Its Customer or Business Partner Files Bankruptcy

- Tax: Tax Considerations for Technology Licenses

- Bank and Finance: The Equity Cure Provision—Saving Debt with Equity

- Labor/Employment: Complying with the New Paid Sick Leave Laws

- Excerpt from Corporate: Negotiating Strategies for the Sale of Technology Companies:

The number of mergers and acquisitions of private technology  companies continue to increase. Established companies often  have inadequate in-house development resources, a large pile  of cash, and a need to prove to their shareholders that they  have potential for future growth. A target company (Target)  may never fully understand all of the dynamics of what makes  it attractive to a potential acquirer (Acquirer), but there are  tools Target should implement to improve its chances of a  successful sale.