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The Beauty and the Terror of Agile Software Development
March 24, 2021 | Advisory | By Alex Civetta, Garrett Galvin
This Mintz advisory reviews the challenges associated with agile software development contracts and provides best practices to avoid rising costs and legal disputes.
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It’s Not Such a Breeze: Assessing Your Service Providers after SolarWinds
March 2, 2021 | Blog | By Michael Graif , Cynthia Larose
In the recent SolarWinds hack, the routine task of downloading a software update turned into a cybersecurity nightmare for over 18,000 organizations including the Treasury Department, AT&T and up to 85% of Fortune 500 companies. New York has the SHIELD Act, a statute that requires that organizations select third party service providers “capable of maintaining appropriate cybersecurity safeguards”.
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MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — February 2021
February 10, 2021 | | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
This issue covers the increase in the equity crowdfunding cap, a FINTECH.TV interview on the private capital marketplace, a “Mintz Minute” on how to write an executive summary for a start-up company, and a spotlight on Turing Enterprises.
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MintzTech Connect Industry News: Spotlight on Turing Enterprises
February 10, 2021 | Article | By Stephen Osborn
In this edition of MintzTech Connect, we feature Turing Enterprises, builders of an AI-based platform that is revolutionizing the way tech companies in Silicon Valley and beyond hire mission-critical talent.
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Private Capital Marketplaces & IPOs
January 21, 2021 | Video | By Daniel DeWolf
Despite COVID-19 and its effects on the global economy, IPOs raised over $150 billion in 2020. In an episode of FinTech.TV’s Digital Asset Report, Vince Molinari interviewed Mintz Member Dan DeWolf, who discussed the outlook for IPOs and investment capital in 2021 and beyond.
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MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — December 2020
December 9, 2020 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
This issue covers the SEC’s proposed relief from broker-dealer registration for certain finders, an article on exit options for public benefit corporations, and features on Boston Family Advisors and iAssay System.
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MintzTech Connect Industry News: Spotlight on Boston Family Advisors
December 8, 2020 | Article | By Will Perkins
Read about Boston Family Advisors and how it builds and operates single-family offices for venture capital and private equity professionals, and entrepreneurs.
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Crowdfunding Expanded; SEC Announces Increase in Amounts Permitted To Be Raised by Crowdfunding
November 11, 2020 | Alert | By Daniel DeWolf
Read about the SEC’s amendment to its capital raising rules for Regulation Crowdfunding to promote capital formation and expand investment opportunities.
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MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — October 2020
October 1, 2020 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
This issue covers the SEC’s expansion of the “Accredited Investor” and “Qualified Institutional Buyer” definitions, an article on vesting for startups, a discussion of founder stock and vesting, and a feature on East Light Partners.
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MintzTech Connect Industry News: Spotlight on East Light Partners
September 24, 2020 | Article
In this edition’s MintzTech Connect, we feature East Light Partners, a renewable energy development company targeting the opportunity for community and utility solar projects in the Northeast United States.
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MintzTech Connect Industry News — June 2020
June 25, 2020 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
In Harper Lee’s book, To Kill a Mockingbird, the protagonist Atticus Finch tells his son: “One never really understands a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”. Unless you take the time to stand in another person’s shoes and see the world from that person’s perspective, we really don’t process very well what others may be saying or feeling. In this challenging time of a global pandemic and national outrage for systemic social injustices, we urge all of our readers to listen (truly listen) to your colleagues and try to understand better what it is like to be in another person’s shoes. Black Lives Matter and it is up to all of us to listen, support each other, and to see how we can make this world better. We have assembled a list of books that may help deepen that understanding and encourage us all to work diligently to build the equitable world we all want for ourselves and our fellow citizens.
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MintzTech Connect Industry News — Spotlight on XENDEE
June 25, 2020 | Article | By Jeremy Glaser
XENDEE is the most awarded Microgrid platform, and is the standard solution for Worley, the largest energy, chemicals and resources engineering services company in the world. The United States Department of Defense has recently selected XENDEE as its standard platform for the design of resilient Microgrids by all branches and services.
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Resources: Anti-Racism Booklist
June 25, 2020 | Article
In Harper Lee’s book, To Kill a Mockingbird, the protagonist Atticus Finch tells his son: “One never really understands a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”. Unless you take the time to stand in another person’s shoes and see the world from that person’s perspective, we really don’t process very well what others may be saying or feeling. In this challenging time of a global pandemic and national outrage for systemic social injustices, we urge all of our readers to listen (truly listen) to your colleagues and try to understand better what it is like to be in another person’s shoes. Black Lives Matter and it is up to all of us to listen, support each other, and to see how we can make this world better. We have assembled a list of books that may help deepen that understanding and encourage us all to work diligently to build the equitable world we all want for ourselves and our fellow citizens.
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MintzTech Connect Industry News — April 2020
April 21, 2020 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
This edition of MintzTech Connect features articles on the Federal Reserve Main Street Lending Program and the pros and forms of different forms of business entities.
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Choice of Business Entity: Pros and Cons of Corporations and LLCs
April 21, 2020 | Article
Choosing the form of your business entity is one of the first and most important steps toward running a successful business. Three of the most common entity types are C-Corporations, S-Corporations and Limited Liability Companies (LLCs). Each entity type has its own advantages and disadvantages, including with respect to taxation, attractiveness to investors and simplicity.
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India Orders Shutdown Impacting Millions of Outsourced Technology and Financial Sector Workers
March 26, 2020 | Alert | By Julie Korostoff, Meredith M. Leary, Laura A. Stacey
This alert discusses what companies outsourcing critical business process functions to India should do in light of the Indian government’s order that telecom, IT, and other technology companies should, as far as possible, work from home.
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The Impact of AI
February 3, 2020 | Article | By Christian Tamotsu Fjeld
Read the transcript of a San Francisco Business Times panel discussion on artificial intelligence, including ML Strategies Vice President Christian T. Fjeld’s insights on emerging regulatory issues.
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How to Write Gender-Neutral Contracts
January 27, 2020 | Article | By Kati P. Strzelczyk
In this article, Mintz attorney Kati Pajak provides guidance on how to adjust contract language to be gender-neutral.
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MintzTech Connect Upcoming Events — January 2020
January 27, 2020 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
Learn about upcoming events for start-ups, entrepreneurs, and the tech community.
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