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This survey analyzes the financings of 31 US-based, venture-backed unicorns that raised money in 2016. It also includes comparative data from our prior surveys covering unicorn financings in 2014 and 2015.

In 14 Penn Plaza v. Pyett, the Supreme Court ruled (5-4) that provisions in collective bargaining agreements requiring union members to arbitrate claims arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act can bar private lawsuits by aggrieved employees.

One of the biggest contributors to a lack of corporate diversity is the size of a company.

In February 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued guidance to companies to keep their artificial intelligence (AI) claims in check and urged them not to exaggerate...

We analyzed the terms of 215 venture financings closed in the third quarter of 2018 by companies headquartered in Silicon Valley.

A recent Fenwick survey found that the length of IPO lock-up agreements for technology companies continues to predominantly be 180 days but that lock-ups are now increasingly subject to early release provisions.

This paper analyzes the deal terms of 83 financings for unicorn companies that raised money in 2017 and the first half of 2018.

As state and federal limitations on the use of criminal background information tighten, employers should re-visit their candidate vetting processes and determine how much criminal information they really need.

In a year unlike any other, companies in the digital health space have risen to address the COVID-19 pandemic and surging demand for virtual care.

BIS has published new export controls on certain cybersecurity items that ban the export or resale of hacking tools to authoritarian regimes, and it created a new license exception for those items.

The SEC also has been steadily staking out its territory as an enforcer of securities laws for interests tied to the value of virtual currencies.

The California Supreme Court, in Williams v. Marshalls of California, expanded the scope of information plaintiffs can obtain from employers in Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act actions.

An employee’s disclosure to his daughter of the existence of a settlement constituted a breach of the confidentiality clause of the settlement agreement.

In "Rope v. Auto-Chlor System of Washington, Inc.", plaintiff Scott Rope, a former branch manager for Auto-Chlor, sued his employer for violation of the newly-enacted Michelle Maykin Memorial Donation Protection Act.

In Gardner v. Detroit Entertainment, LLC, plaintiff Summer Gardner, a former casino employee, sued her employer for FMLA interference.

Flex-time policies are fairly common among U.S. employers, and allow employees to arrive and leave work within a defined time range, instead of having to arrive and leave at a precise start and end time.

This decision significantly expands the scope of retaliation protection for employees under Labor Code section 1102.5.

A medical office lawfully terminated its employee for sharing profanity-laced, derogatory comments on Facebook.