A privacy policy should be accessible to all users, enable meaningful choices about the collection and use of data, draw attention to unexpected practices, and augment disclosures...

Startups should develop a privacy policy that is honest, transparent and accurate.

Startups need to have relevant controls to protect against reasonably foreseeable threats to security, confidentiality and integrity of a consumer's personal information.

If a company has an online presence, it's important to have terms of use and a privacy policy in place. Both are easy to establish and can also be an important step in establishing a connection with your users.

WilmerHale Partners Brent Gurney and Andy Cohn discuss the firm's capabilities related to managing difficult construction disputes.

Before you start contacting investors, you need to do your diligence in determining which ones will be the best for you and which ones are most likely to make an investment in your business.

Be willing to take a leap of faith because there is always a risk when making an investment. Find investors who believe in you and your product, but have an honest understanding of the real risks and an attack plan for how to address them.

Be respectful of the investor's internal processes in order to decide the right time to speak about terms of the deal, including valuation.

Meet David Strong, a tax partner with extensive experience advising clients on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs and restructurings...

Section 704(c)(1)(A) is a seemingly modest provision.

As you gather and review tax papers for your return, be sure to inform your accountant if you hold founders’ preferred stock, or if you sold a block of it in 2014.

WilmerHale Counsel Matthew Ferraro joined a panel discussion with industry experts Beni Issembert and Professor Hany Farid to discuss the unethical and possibly illegal use...

Welcome to In the Public Interest a podcast from Wilmer Hail.

With contributions from practitioners, arbitrators, academics, and industry leaders from across the globe, the 18 chapters in the book enable readers to compare the approaches to, and learnings from...

Punitive Damages and International Commercial Arbitration.

On March 17, 2026, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced that it has temporarily suspended implementation and enforcement of the Fair Investment Practices by Venture Capital Companies Law (FIPVCC)...

The International Organization of Securities Commissions has issued two significant final reports addressing pre-hedging practices and financial asset tokenization, both carrying major implications for US and global derivatives regulation. These principles-based guidance documents may reshape how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approaches market-conduct standards while balancing technological innovation. The reports explore frameworks for managing conduct risks in pre-hedging activities and assess

Partner Robert L. Boone has authored a guest column in Sportico examining the US Department of Justice’s increasing scrutiny of the college sports industry and the potential application of federal criminal statutes to emerging areas of risk.

Partner Molly Jennings and Counsel Anneke Dunbar-Gronke explore the evolving judicial interpretation of the Video Privacy Protection Act as it applies to contemporary web-tracking technologies.

Carve outs and spinoffs are only becoming more common in the corporate transaction space, forcing companies to reckon with the challenge of shared technology. The main pitfalls lie in how rights to data and other software intellectual property services should be divided between a parent company and newly spun-off subsidiary, leaving open the potential for knowledge and scale gaps.