As anyone who has stepped foot in a gym lately can attest, a new year brings the promise and possibility of new beginnings. This can be a leaner physique, a new hobby, or just spending more time with those we…
In the current month’s ABA Law Practice Journal, Susan Saltonstall Duncan of Rainmaking Oasis wrote a nice, concise commentary about Pfizer’s relatively new model for engaging outside counsel…. While other corporate legal departments have branded their particular models for
Have you noticed something new on the right side of the page when you visit the National Venture Capital Association’s Model Legal Documents… page? If you haven’t, perhaps you should take a look, as that’s where you’ll find a link
This past weekend, the new Massachusetts Benefit Corporation statute went into effect, making us the 11th state to enact such a law.
Benefit corporations are structured like traditional C-corporations. They have Articles of Organization (what we in the Bay State…
International legal recruiter Taylor Root is out this week with its annual survey… of the General Counsel and in-House Legal Department job market in Australia. Summing the report up in one sentence? In-house lawyers Down Under are under increasing pressure
By now you know that many of our clients do work for venture capital firms and emerging companies…. Being a venture-backed company ourselves, we like this space a lot. What we don’t like is seeing lawyers try to make
Last week, the New York Times ran an entire Dealbook special section… of the changes and challenges that confront the legal industry as a whole. While the topics–shifting law firm financial models, crises of confidence in the value of a
As a former client of theirs, I’m happy and unsurprised when Collora LLP… shows up on lists of the best-regarded business litigation firms in Boston or when area legal periodicals tout another successful outcome for one of their clients.
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Earlier this month, the National Venture Capital Association launched its VC Jobs Count… as part of an effort to quantify the amount of economic activity venture capital adds to the economy.
The organization has been producing with Global Insight a
You may have heard about the recent announcement from AngelList that, with the help of Wilson Sonsini, they’re now going to offer a platform startups can use to generate seed financing documents for free…. Yes, you read that right.
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