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Navigating Risks in Technology Transactions Involving AI

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Many companies are considering or currently engaging in acquisitions or investments in startups and established providers of artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology. They see opportunities to leverage AI to build and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Project W: Alumna Spotlight on Courtney Jeffries — CEO & Founder of VRTL

Courtney Jefferies is a recovering sports executive utilizing her industry experience to activate the next generation of fan engagement. As CEO of VRTL, Courtney is focused on extending the excitement of the in-person fan...more

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The Opportunities, Risks, And Rewards Of AI Acquisitions

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Amid a period of recalibration, the artificial intelligence industry is experiencing a transformational phase. According to a recent report from Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence that closely...more

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Navigating Privacy Compliance Challenges for Startup Success

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Startups face unique challenges that can impact their success and sustainability. Obstacles such as financial constraints (inadequate funding or limited cash flow) and resource constraints often result in small teams having...more

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California Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Requiring Venture Capitalists to Report on the Diversity of the Businesses They Invest...

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California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has signed a bill that mandates venture capitalists to report the diversity of the founding members of businesses they invest in, making the first state to require venture capital firms to...more

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Data Privacy: What Founders Need to Know to Avoid Disaster, with Lucas Beal

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In an increasingly online world, we’ve become comfortable with volunteering more and more of our personal data to websites and applications, and it’s the companies’ responsibility to keep that data safe. When you’re moving...more

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Common Diligence Issues for Startup and Emerging Technology Companies

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As an emerging or startup technology company seeking funding, your focus is likely on your product - it is the core of your business. That being said, how you protect your technology and set up the company that owns it can be...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Transactions in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Risks and Considerations

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a major focus of, and the most valuable asset in, many technology transactions and the competition for top AI companies has never been hotter. According to CB Insights, there have been...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 2.26.2021 | Top Story: Rising Long-term Bond Yields Blamed for Jumpy Markets

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Surging bond yields raised fears that government, consumer, and business spending could become more expensive, leading to a “tumultuous day in financial markets” that prompted some to blame the Fed for not expressing...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

What Do You Need to Consider When Preparing Your Startup's Privacy Policy?

If your startup has a website or mobile app, it almost certainly needs a privacy policy that describes your company’s privacy practices and includes other disclosures required by law. While less exciting than refining your...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 11.15.2019 | Top Story: New Jersey Targets Uber Over “Independent Contractor” Worker Classification

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Sending a shot across the bow of the gig economy, New Jersey is seeking nearly $650 million from Uber for “years of unpaid employment taxes for its drivers, arguing that the ride-hailing company has misclassified the workers...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DFS Issues Guidance to Life Insurers on Use of “External Data” in Underwriting Decisions

On January 18, 2019, New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued Circular Letter No. 1 (2019) to advise life insurers regarding the type of data that they may use when underwriting policies. The guidance was...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

Privacy and Data Security Strategies for Start-Up Companies

Start-up companies know that, when potential investors kick the tires, they will look carefully at the company’s business model and IP portfolio. These days, investors are also likely to look at whether the company is in...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The DOJ is expanding its Wells Fargo sales probe into the bank’s wealth management division, a troubling move for an organization still trying to right the ship in its retail-banking unit where the sham-account scandal...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Future of Insurtech: Opportunities and Challenges

The emerging insurance tech (“insurtech”) industry is growing at breakneck speed. While in 2011 insurtech startups received $140 million in funding from 28 total deals, investment increased more than tenfold in 2016, with...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Toward a Grand Unifying Theory of Today’s Tech Trends

As a technology law blogger and co-editor of Socially Aware, I monitor emerging developments in information technology. What’s hot in IT today? Any shortlist would have to include social media, mobile, wearable technology,...more

Perkins Coie

FTC Ramps Up Scrutiny of Retail Location Analytics

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To improve customer experience and understand customers’ movements and interactions on their premises, retailers, hotels and other brick-and-mortar businesses increasingly use signals from mobile devices to observe their...more

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