On the weekend of March 22nd, the Venture Capital Transactional Issues and Documentation subcommittee of the Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association met at the recent Business Law Section Spring Meeting in Las Vegas. MBBP Attorney and subcommittee chair, Jon Gworek, led a discussion featuring …
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On April 13-15, MBBP client Massachusetts Digital Games Institute (MassDiGI) hosted Game Challenge, an event that brought together 28 teams of students, entrepreneurs and professionals to compete against each other in taking a game from concept to launch. Developers at 80HD were named the Grand Prize winner and won the award for Best Game Concept. As part of …
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As of April 30th, MBBP will be leaving Reservoir Place for the first time in 19 years to enter a brand new office at CityPoint in Waltham, MA. Our new address will be: Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, PC CityPoint 230 Third Avenue, 4th Floor Waltham, MA 02451 Phone and fax numbers will remain the same. …
MBBP has released a new Employment Law Alert (ELA) which discusses a recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that temporarily blocked the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from implementing and enforcing a rule published by the NLRB on August 30, 2011. The rule was set to go into …
On Thursday, April 26, MCLE New England is hosting a program titled "Negotiating and Renegotiating Contracts". MBBP IP and Licensing Attorney Howard Zaharoff will be presenting in seminar on the topic of "Both Sides of Software and Technology Development Agreements." The panelists will provide practical tips on negotiating and renegotiating contracts in several critical business relationships—including those …
On April 5th, Lead411, an information services company that provides comprehensive online sales intelligence, announced MBBP client ClickSquared, Inc. as a winner of its Hottest Companies in Boston Award. ClickSquared, a global provider of cross-channel marketing software and services, was selected out of a field of 1,776 privately-held, Boston-based companies spanning the software, wireless, hardware, …
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By: Carl F. Barnes Crowdfunding – in which entrepreneurs and start-ups raise capital in small amounts from large numbers of ordinary investors – became a reality on April 5, as President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, known as the JOBS Act. Well, almost – the Securities and Exchange Commission has been given until …
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On Wednesday, May 9th, MCLE New England is hosting a program on "Distributing & Licensing Software & Other Technologies." The program will be chaired by MBBP IP and Licensing Attorney Howard Zaharoff and include five panelists who will provide attendees with important tips and useful forms for getting their technology deals done. The program will cover …
In a recent VC Spotlight, MBBP published data on venture capital transactions that have closed within New England, New York and New Jersey in 2011. The VC Spotlight features an analysis of first institutional venture capital investment activity including investment rounds by deal terms, by industry and by state. The above chart indicates a decline over prior …
Seed Convertible Note Discounts: Reconciling “Stock” and “Liquidation Preference” Premiums By: Jonathan Gworek Convertible notes have become the security of choice for early stage startups looking to raise seed capital. Convertible notes are perceived to be a simpler alternative to preferred stock. When a convertible note converts, it typically does so at a discount to …
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