Those who follow U.S. antitrust policy from afar often give more importance than is due to asserted changes in policy that have accompanied transitions in Presidential Administrations...

These periodic videocasts discuss key topics that you, your company, board, board committees, and public reporting and compliance teams need to focus on during the current COVID-19 pandemic

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Partner Steve Graham provides a short summary about the new, less burdensome disclosure requirements under the JOBS Act.

Fenwick partner and securities enforcement co-chair Mike Dicke lays out the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's hot-button areas of enforcement activity.

Investors want a piece of Silicon Valley's hot companies. Couple that trend with employees looking to diversify or sell shares and secondary market trading follows.

Fenwick & West partner Stephen Graham reports that the JOBS Act will provide for confidential filings in advance of an initial public offering (IPO).

In this presentation, Fenwick partner Kristine Di Bacco walks through the top legal issues faced by startups, from selecting the right legal structure and protecting the company's intellectual property...

Fenwick startup partner Michael Esquivel discusses two fundamental principles for startups in approaching their early-stage legal strategy that are designed for scalability and success.​​​

Companies in California and elsewhere have started to move away from more traditional vacation accrual policies to an unlimited vacation policy, or honor vacation policy.

Employee or contractor? It can be a confusing question that startups often grapple with, or ignore, as they grow. In this video

The digital health industry has grown into a well-defined sector that attracts billions of investment dollars each year.

As an Equal Justice Works Fellow sponsored by Fenwick & West, Renée Schomp serves as a senior staff attorney at nonprofit OneJustice, spearheading the Rural Immigrant Connect project.

Companies should update their employee invention assignment agreements and contractor agreements in light of the new federal Defend Trade Secrets Act ("DTSA") (summarized previously here).

Fenwick & West Litigation partner Andrew Bridges discusses trending legal topics relevant to copyright holders and entrepreneurs and start-up companies.

While the Supreme Court’s ruling in Alice v. CLS Bank does not mean that software is ineligible for patent protection, the decision leaves many questions on patent eligibility unanswered.

Equal Justice Works Fellow Leo Flor is building enduring capacity in Washington state for complementary civil representation of criminal justice-involved veterans.

Now that you've likely had your fill of turkey sandwiches, turkey salad, turkey soup and the like, there is a new development on which to focus.

Electronic Information Management Chair Bob Brownstone provides an overview of Fenwick's EIM services.

Are connected and autonomous cars convenient or creepy? In this TEDxWilmington talk, Fenwick & West Privacy and Cybersecurity co-chair Jim Koenig discusses an innovative approach to balancing privacy and convenience.