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Foley Hoag LLP

Post-Seed SAFE Series — Part 2: Five Provisions Worth Negotiating Before You Sign a Post-Seed SAFE

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Picking up from Part 1: if you are investing into a company with an existing priced round, the standard Y Combinator (“YC”) SAFE leaves real money — and real rights — on the table. Here are five provisions where pushing back...more

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Post-Seed SAFE Series — Part 1: The YC SAFE Was Not Built for the Round You Are Investing In

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Here is a quiet truth that gets lost in every “just sign the standard SAFE” conversation: the Y Combinator (“YC”) SAFE was purpose-built for pre-seed, pre-priced-round companies — clean common-stock cap tables, no preferred...more

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Healthcare Whistleblower Cases & Rewards

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The United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Department of Justice (DOJ), and other government entities rely heavily on whistleblowers to expose fraud, waste, and abuse within the healthcare sector. This...more

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Client Alert: The Contract You Didn’t Sign

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A contractor wins two awards from the Army. The solicitations arrive on the government’s commercial-items form and say nothing about performance or payment bonds. The contractor agrees to design a laundry facility and build a...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Interrelated Wrongful Act Provisions Do Not Create Coverage for Uncovered Claims

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The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, applying Washington law, has held that a D&O insurer had no duty to pay defense costs for an arbitration asserting solely excluded contractual claims even though...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Frontier AI Models and Cybersecurity Readiness: Recalibrating Risk for a Faster Threat Environment

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Recent incident response reporting from multiple leading threat intelligence organizations reflects a shift that response teams are increasingly seeing in practice.i Frontier AI models are beginning to affect the speed,...more

Cooley LLP

The SEC Proposes Simplified Disclosure for Most Companies: Six Things

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Yesterday, the SEC proposed major changes to reduce complexity in the public company filer framework – which currently includes overlapping categories like large accelerated filers, accelerated filers, smaller reporting...more

Butler Snow LLP

OIG Scrutinizes Physician Royalty Arrangements with Device Manufacturers

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On May 13, 2026, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued an unfavorable advisory opinion involving an orthopedic device manufacturer’s proposal to pay physician consultants “royalties” tied to a percentage of sales...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Spearin Doctrine: Owner Responsible for Defective Plans in Dispute with General Contractor

The Spearin doctrine is alive and well in Maryland. Pursuant to that doctrine, owners who provide plans and specifications to a contractor impliedly warrant that information and may be responsible if that information is...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Flexibility in Reporting Frequency: Understanding the SEC’s Semiannual Reporting Proposal

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rule and form amendments under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), that would allow public companies to elect to file semiannual reports on a...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

SEC Proposes Major Overhaul of Public Company Reporting Framework: Two-Tier Filer Status System, Expanded Disclosure...

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On May 19, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed significant amendments to its public company reporting framework that would fundamentally restructure the way public companies are categorized and...more

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SEC Proposes Sweeping Reforms to Registered Offering Process: Expanding Access to the Public Capital Markets for a Broader Range...

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has proposed a sweeping package of rule and form amendments under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) that, if adopted, would represent the most significant...more

Foster Garvey PC

Platform Players Stake Out New Ground in Online Travel Distribution

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Good Sunday afternoon from Seattle . . . Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, May 15, 2026, is below. With quarterly earnings releases behind us, it was a much quieter week in the online travel world....more

K2 Integrity

[Hybrid Event] Beyond the Red Flags: Modern Fraud Threats and Solutions - June 4th, New York, NY

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K2 Integrity is sponsoring and hosting “Beyond the Red Flags: Modern Fraud Threats and Solutions,” a hybrid training event hosted together with the Institute of Internal Auditors New York Chapter and the New Jersey Chapter of...more

Clark Hill PLC

New Executive Order Mandates Fixed-Price Federal Contracts: What Contractors Need to Know

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On April 30, 2026, the White House issued a highly consequential Executive Order (“EO”) titled “Promoting Efficiency, Accountability, and Performance in Federal Contracting.” This EO fundamentally alters the federal...more

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Tennessee Joins Growing Trend of Limiting Employee Noncompetes

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Tennessee HB1034 is joining the nationwide trend of limiting the enforceability of noncompete agreements for employees earning less than $70,000 – but also adding limited presumptions of enforceability for workers earning...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Higher Education Compliance And Government Enforcement: Looking Ahead To 2026

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This is the second in our 2026 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Up next: anti-corruption/FCPA enforcement...more

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New Antitrust Collaboration Guidelines: Comment Deadline Approaches

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The time period for the public to provide comments to the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice regarding the antitrust implications of competitor collaborations is set to close...more

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Tennessee to Ban Noncompetes for Many Workers Starting July 1, 2026

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Just when you thought it could never happen here, Gov. Bill Lee signed a Tennessee law prohibiting noncompete agreements for certain employees, effective July 1, 2026....more

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BIPA’s Government Contractor Exemption: Illinois Appellate Court Draws the Line at Contract Scope

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Key Takeaways - The Illinois Appellate Court for the Third District held that BIPA’s Section 25(e) government contractor exemption can apply even if a company performs both government-contracted and private work, rejecting...more

Hogan Lovells

Hardship and the new UAE Civil Code: When performance becomes onerous, not impossible

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In our first article, we considered the circumstances in which the new United Arab Emirates Civil Code ("the new UAE Civil Code") could apply to contracts that were entered into prior to 1 June 2026. In this second article,...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Privity Required: Tenant at a Government-Owned, Contractor-Operated Facility Lacked the Contractual Relationship Necessary to...

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As experienced government contractors know, the rights and remedies available to prime contractors and subcontractors vary markedly. Prime contractors have a direct contractual relationship with the U.S. Government—referred...more

McGuireWoods LLP

RWI in Practice: A 7-Part Series for Deal Professionals

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Representations and warranties insurance (“RWI”) has rapidly evolved from a niche product used in select transactions to a near-standard feature in middle-market private equity deals. What was once viewed as an optional...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Belgium (Updated)

Belgian company law - Belgian company law has been reformed and modernized in 2019 to enhance Belgium's competitiveness compared to other European countries. The Belgian Code for Companies and Associations (BCCA)...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Brazil (Updated)

The two most common forms of legal entities incorporated in Brazil are the limited liability company (“Limitada”) and the corporation (“S.A.”). These are considered the most attractive types of companies given that they are...more

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