The SEC published a proposed regulation yesterday with potentially far reaching importance to anyone involved in raising equity investments in the U.S.

Ben Young and I will be doing a FailChat presentation on issues that arise in shutting down a failed startup on June 12 at Startup HQ in San Francisco. The presentation is a follow on to our guest post at Venturebeat. If you're interested in attending, here's a link to Eventbrite.

RIM just withdrew the name it had announced a couple of months ago for its new operating system – BBX– and substituted “Blackberry 10.”  Although the tweet announcing the new name doesn’t acknowledge it, the reason for the change is that RIM had just been en

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I just finished reading the Delaware Chancery Court’s opinion in Johnson v.

You invest in a company (or someone invests in your company).  The lawyers prepare a fleet of long agreements giving you complicated rights to name directors, approve major actions, and participate in sales and issuances of securities.  It’s painfully clear how the company’s governance is supposed to work.  But will reality match up?

My answer is featured on Founders Space.

Here's my answer, as featured on Founders Space:  http://www.foundersspace.com/company-formation/can-i-convert-a-c-corporation-to-an-llc/

A recent decision of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals is a good excuse to bring up a delicate subject:  Naked licensing.

No, this has nothing to do with Anthony Weiner’s Twitter account.  If your children are interested in trademarks and branding, it’s safe for them to read this blog post.

On Thursday, Google announced a new mobile payments initiative.  On Friday, PayPal sued Google and two of its executives, Osama Bedier and Stephanie Tilenius (formerly PayPal/eBay executives), alleging that they’re using PayPal’s trade secrets and violated fiduciary duties and contractual agreements not to poach PayPal employees.  Here’s a link to the co