Corporate & Securities Law

Got Venture?
"Mark Davis - a member of the DFJ Gotham - has written a very extensive series of posts on his blog titled Get Venture...

NVCA Predicts Another Slow Year for Venture-backed Businesses in 2009
By Donald Zuhn -- Earlier this week, the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), a trade association representing the U...

LearnVC - Your guide to raising capital
These guides from LearnVC include content from the LearnVC site and on external sites from leading experts in the startup community...

No Venture IPOS in Second Quarter
There were no venture-based companies making IPOs in the second quarter, for the first time in 30 years, according to a report by the National Venture Capital Associates and Thomson Reuters...

Former chair of Morrison's venture capital group goes to Mintz Levin
Venture capital specialist Jeremy D. Glaser has emerged from Morrison & Foerster to join Mintz Levin's San Diego office to expand its representation of emerging growth companies...

3 Rivers Venture Fair Offers Opportunity for Companies Seeking Capital
The 3 Rivers Venture Fair is in the process of identifying promising, capital-seeking technology and life sciences companies for participation in the 3 Rivers Venture Fair (3RVF) being held April 16 - 18, 2008 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA...

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

Best Law Movies
Greatest Legal Movies selected by ABA Journal

Lawyer Jokes
Law Humor

Bextra Injury Risks
Bextra Increases Risk of Fatal Heart Attack

Bausch Lomb Renu Moistureloc Linked to Eye Infection Fusarium Keratiti
Contact Lens Solution Product Recall

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

Can my employer threaten me with termination if I don't seek a transfer to another department?
In many jurisdictions, employees are "at will". This means that their employmen...

Can driving accident be cause for termination?
If your state is an at-will state, the company can fire you for any reason or fo...

Is it legal for a company to overwork their employees?
Well, he could 1. Get a new job. Sister, I understand ya, if he's anything ...

What rights does a father have when a woman waits 13 years to tell a man he is a father & he missed out on the growing up of that child?
Actually, he has as much right as she to request a paternity test, plus he can f...

Can I be held responsible for paying child support if I signed a birth certificate of a child that was not mine (am not the biological father)?
Get yourself some legal counsil straigth away. Explain you situation to him/her ...

Developer Investment
Raffaello Follieri agrees to $12 million joint venture settlement.

Joint Venture
Gallaher Group agrees to pay Reynolds American $387 million contract dispute settlement.

Property Tax
City of Midland agrees to refund Midland Cogeneration Venture $36.2 million for over assessing land.

Media/Telecom
consumer rights involving print, radio, television, video, DVD, video games, and mobile telephones.

Pacific Capital Bancorp 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Pacific Capital Bancorp 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Capital One Faces Potential Class Action over Interest Rate Hikes
Capital One Faces Potential Class Action over Interest Rate Hikes