News

• Wage & Hour Tip: Employee Compensation
  Employers Cannot Pay Employees With Stock or Equity In Lieu of Cash
  September 30, 2015
  
• Morse Welcomes Associates
  September 08, 2015
  
• Limited Application of Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing in Earn-outs
  September 01, 2015
  
• Taxation of Earn-out Payments in M&A Transactions
  September 01, 2015
  
• Delaware Clarifies Limited Liability of Independent Directors
  September 01, 2015
  
• Summer Angel / Entrepreneur Panel – Pitfalls, Perspectives and Possibilities of Angel Investments
  Event Date: July 16, 2015 4:00 pm
  
• Wage & Hour Tip: Paid Sick Leave Law
  Paid Sick Leave Law Creates New Employer Obligations for Intermittent, Temporary and Seasonal Workers, Including Interns
  July 07, 2015
  
• IC-DISCs: Tax Savings for Exporters
  July 01, 2015
  
• Tax Issues in M&A Transactions – Morse M&A Series – Part 2
  Event Date: June 26, 2015 7:15 am
  
• Cross-Atlantic Collaborations: Strategies & Tactics
  Event Date: June 5, 2015 7:30 am
  
• Forging Successful Strategic Alliances for Life Science Companies
  June 01, 2015
  
• M&A Market Update – Morse M&A Series – Part 1
  Event Date: May 5, 2015 7:15 am
  
• Employee Noncompetition Agreements
  May 12, 2015
  
• Wage & Hour Tip: Payroll Deductions Policy
  Implement a Payroll Deductions Policy to Take Advantage of the FLSA "Safe Harbor"
  April 13, 2015
  
• Basic Tax Issues in Choosing a Business Entity
  April 01, 2015
  
• Copyright: Infringement v. Homage
  Pharrell Williams, et al. v. Bridgeport Music Inc., et. al.
  March 26, 2015
  
• Emerging Companies and Outside Director Compensation
  What's the Beef?
  March 10, 2015
  
• Series A Venture Capital Financing: A Review of 2014 and What to Expect in 2015
  Event Date: March 5, 2015 4:00 pm
  
• Extending the Exercise Period of a Stock Option
  March 01, 2015
  
• Delaware Decision Reviews Directors’ Fiduciary Duty to Creditors
  March 01, 2015
  
• Renowned Attorney John Hession Joins Firm
  February 19, 2015
  
• Court Broadly Interprets Ban on Physician Noncompetition Restrictions
  February 18, 2015
  
• A Reminder on Break-up Fees in M&A Transactions
  February 17, 2015
  
• Noted Trial Attorney Joins Firm as Chair of Business Litigation Group
  February 12, 2015
  
• Shadow Preferred Stock:
  A Crack In The "SAFE" Seed Finance Documents?
  February 01, 2015
  
• Kind of a Drag: Recent Delaware Decision Underscores Importance Of Following Procedural Rules Of Contracts
  February 01, 2015
  
• Open Source Issues in Mergers & Acquisitions
  January 06, 2015
  
• M&A Privacy & Data Security Considerations:
  Compliance with Applicable Privacy Laws & Sharing of Customer Information
  January 06, 2015
  
• In Memoriam: Richard S. “Chip” Morse, Jr.
  September 15, 1941 - December 14, 2014
  December 18, 2014
  
• From Trados to Nine Systems: And Now for Something Completely Different?
  November 01, 2014
  
• Robotics: Musings of a Patent Attorney
  Why patents are vital to the success of a robotics company
  September 16, 2014
  
• Ten Crucial Questions to Answer Before Contacting a Patent Attorney
  How To Save Time and Money Filing a Patent Application
  August 22, 2014
  
• Common Stock Valuation and Option Pricing by Private Companies
  10 Years of Valuations Under 409A
  June 16, 2014
  
• Risk Containment Strategies for Start-Ups
  Event Date: May 22, 2014 3:30 pm
  
• Delaware Courts Apply Business Judgment Rule to Controlling Stockholder Transactions
  May 01, 2014
  
• Lisa Warren Named New Managing Partner
  April 09, 2014
  
• Materiality Scrape Provisions in Merger & Acquisition Agreements
  April 01, 2014
  
• Can A Party Be Liable For Expectation Damages Under A Non-Binding Term Sheet? Delaware Court Says Yes
  March 26, 2014
  
• Investment Banker Engagement Letters
  March 26, 2014
  
• The Threat of Social Media Diligence on the Confidentiality of the M&A Process: The Problem and Possible Solution
  March 26, 2014
  
• Duck Dynasty or Patent Dynasty?
  A tale of an independent inventor and his startup company
  March 18, 2014
  
• VIDEO: Employment Law Clips
  March 03, 2014
  
• Delaware Decision Calls Into Question the Value of Preferred Stockholder “Blocking Rights”
  February 01, 2014
  
• Delaware Case Confirms Validity of CEO’s Removal
  February 01, 2014
  
• Bona Fide Intention to Use a Trademark
  What Does it Mean? And How Do You Prove It?
  January 28, 2014
  
• With General Solicitation Now Permitted, Has New Day Dawned for Private Placements?
  Yes, but Beware of Traps for the Unwary!
  November 01, 2013
  
• “Stealth Mode” Venture Capital Financings and the Pending Jobs Act Regulations
  November 01, 2013
  
• Exits for Venture-Backed Companies
  Is the Timing Right?
  September 23, 2013
  
• Jonathan Gworek Takes on National Leadership Role as Chair of ABA Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee
  September 11, 2013
  
• Employment Law Advisor: Employee Terminations
  Avoiding Claims and Liability
  September 01, 2013