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MintzTech Connect: Can I Raise Venture Capital as a Public Benefit Corporation?
April 19, 2019 | Article
As societies and markets increasingly insist that corporations generate positive social impact alongside profit, investors have taken notice. The global impact investing market alone, for instance, doubled from $114 billion in 2017 to $228 billion in 2018, and will almost certainly continue to accelerate.
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MintzTech Connect Upcoming Events - April 2019
April 19, 2019 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
MintzTech upcoming events - April 2019
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MintzTech Connect: Section 4(a)(7): More Than a Codification of Section “4(a)(1½)”
April 19, 2019 | Article
In late 2015, Congress amended Section 4 of the Securities Act of 1933 to add new Section 4(a)(7), which permits resales of private, restricted stock after 90 days without requiring a registration with the SEC.
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The SEC Confirms the Limited Scope and Nature of Utility Tokens
April 9, 2019 | Alert | By Marine Bouaziz, Daniel DeWolf
This alert looks at recent SEC communications providing guidance on — and limiting the use of — digital tokens.
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FAA Announces New UAS (Drone) Marking Rule
February 14, 2019 | Alert
This article covers an immediate FAA rule change requiring markings for small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS, commonly known as drones). Beginning February 25, 2019, every UAS must have its registration number displayed and visible on the external surface of the aircraft.
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MintzTech Connect Upcoming Events - February 2019
February 7, 2019 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
Upcoming events - TechConnect Industry News - February 2019
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MintzTech Connect: Meet Our Newest Team Members
February 7, 2019 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
MintzTech Connect Industry News - February 2019
February 7, 2019 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
This issue of TechConnect covers issues for emerging companies to consider when dividing and sharing equity and disproportional rights and controls for directors.
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MintzTech Connect Upcoming Events - November 2018
November 26, 2018 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
Upcoming events - TechConnect Industry News - November 2018
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MintzTech Connect Industry News - November 2018
November 26, 2018 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
This issue of TechConnect covers liability considerations for directors of Delaware public benefit corporations and profiles FinTech company Templum.
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MintzTech Connect Innovator Profile: Templum Inc.
November 26, 2018 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
Templum Inc., is a leading innovative financial technology company focused on the development of new market infrastructure for the digital asset sector. Templum Markets LLC, their captive broker-dealer and alternative trading system, offers issuers a platform for the initial sale of their digital assets and provides both issuers and investors a centralized platform for secondary trading.
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Digital Tokens: Rethinking the Term “Cryptocurrency”
November 8, 2018 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Rachel Gholston, Marine Bouaziz
This article explains why the “cryptocurrency” label can be misleading, and suggests we use “virtual currencies,” “security tokens,” and “utility tokens” instead.
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MintzTech Connect Innovator Profile: Rocketbook
September 11, 2018 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
Inspired by his own experience forgetting the correct notebook for an important meeting, Rocketbook co-founder Joe Lemay set out to find a modern solution for note taking in 2014. After testing out electronic pens and smart tablets, which were ultimately disappointing, Lemay teamed up with Jake Epstein to develop a new product, a reusable cloud-connected paper notebook called Rocketbook.
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MintzTech Connect Industry News - September 2018
September 11, 2018 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
While many of the issues involved in various transactions are similar, every single transaction that we get involved in is nuanced and different in some way from other similar transactions. Pattern matching is important, but each successful enterprise is successful in a unique way. Building an enterprise requires a balancing of the economic interests of the various parties. The founders may want to control their destiny or be captains of industry, in addition to making outsized returns. Investors will be laser focused on those returns but may also be interested in promoting activities that involve sustainability or technical breakthroughs. Employees will be hoping for financial rewards but may also want to be involved in cutting-edge technologies and a flexible workplace. Finally, the board of directors needs to monitor the enterprise and provide relevant advisory insights. Getting this right is so much more than processing a form; it requires deep domain knowledge of the industry sector and a good sense of the people involved. It is similar to why the best doctors examine a patient before prescribing medication. Knowing the context of the situation truly matters and one size never fits all.
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MintzTech Connect Innovator Profile: The Zeus Network
September 11, 2018 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
Platforms such as Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter have created celebrities with huge loyal followings – in some cases, millions or even tens of millions of followers – who have never appeared in a Hollywood movie or TV show. These influencers instead generate content – videos, photos, tweets, and the like – on the social media networks, and that content is shaping popular culture among younger consumers and attracting significant advertising dollars.
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MintzTech Connect Industry News - July 2018
August 11, 2018 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
In this issue we focus on a number of basics for building growth enterprises. We lead off with a terrific podcast on the importance of assembling a strong board of directors. We follow with an article on a new securities law that permits the aggregation of up to 250 investors in a single investment vehicle so long as the entity has no more than $10 million in capital contributions. This new law will be particularly useful to online platforms that aggregate angel and seed investors to invest in start-ups. We then discuss the importance of stock options and creating a culture of ownership, another basic in creating a valuable company. We conclude this issue with two innovator profiles: BioLabs@NYULangone, a new shared wet lab space located in New York’s SoHo neighborhood, and RainFocus, which provides a software platform for delivering insights and marketing messages at large-scale conferences and events.
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Trump Administration Botnet Report Will Impact IoT Device Makers – Things You Should Know
June 25, 2018 | Blog | By Christopher Harvie, Cynthia Larose
Manufacturers of wireless devices used for Internet of Things (IoT) applications should take heed of new Trump Administration proposals aimed at reducing the cybersecurity threats from botnets and other automated and distributed attacks.
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Blockchains and Land Title Records
May 4, 2018 | Blog
Blockchains, best known as the technology behind digital currencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, are beginning to be implemented in a variety of commercial applications. The technology is attracting not only financial institutions and stock exchanges, but fields as disparate as the music, diamond, healthcare, insurance, and shipping industries.
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Mintz Secures Victory for AMD at the ITC
April 17, 2018 | Alert | By Michael Renaud, Adam Rizk
Led by Michael Renaud, Jim Wodarski, Mike McNamara, Bill Meunier, Aarti Shah, and Adam Rizk, the Mintz team secured an important victory for its client Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). The case was filed against LG, VIZIO, MediaTek, and Sigma Designs, and it involved complex graphics circuit technology.
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Optimizing Data Centers to Meet the Needs of Cryptocurrency Miners
April 17, 2018 | Blog
Data centers are the twenty-first century nexus between the commercial real estate and telecommunication business sectors. Owners, operators and developers of data centers face the difficult task of continually adapting to the rapidly evolving priorities of their ever expanding clientele in order to remain competitive and appealing to the largest number of actual and potential consumers.
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