The VC Expert's Buzz
A Correction Program for 409A Plan Documents
by Brenda Berg and Jane Francis of Holland & Hart LLP, 2/9/2010
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Recent Buzzes 
- Defensive Language When Pubco Announces Results - Bartlett's 'Get Out of Jail Free' card (2/3/2010)
by Joseph W. Bartlett, Of Counsel, Sullivan & Worcester LLP and Founder of VCExperts.com - Deal Protection — One Size Does Not Fit All (2/2/2010)
by David Fox and Daniel E. Wolf of Kirkland & Ellis LLP - Warranty Letter Provides Basis to Reject D&O Defense Obligations, According to Tenth Circuit (1/27/2010)
by Matthew L. Jacobs and Daniel I. Weiner of Jenner & Block LLP - Rebalancing Act - A Primer On Leveraged and Inverse ETFs (1/26/2010)
by Raymund Wong, CFA, CPA, ABV and Kara Hargadon of NERA Economic Consulting - New York Advisors Subject to Pay-To-Play Rules (1/20/2010)
by Michael T.G. Long, Esq., and Kerstin M. Sundstrom, Esq. of Lowenstein Sandler - SEC Staff Offers Guidance On Exclusion of Shareholder Proposals from Company Proxy Statements (1/19/2010)
by Laura D. Richman of Mayer Brown LLP - No D&O Coverage for Payment to Shareholder Class; Parties Fight Over Access to D&O Proceeds (1/13/2010)
by Robert D. Chesler, Esq. and Cindy Tzvi Sonenblick of Lowenstein Sandler PC - ILPA's Private Equity Principles (1/12/2010)
by Simon Witney, Partner, SJ Berwin LLP - Tax Opportunities and Pitfalls in Operating an S Corporation (1/6/2010)
by Steven A. Ruskin, Esq., Partner, Bryant Burgher Jaffe & Roberts LLP - Memo to Congress - There are Legal Issues With Taxing Carried Interest as Ordinary Income (1/5/2010)
by Paul Koenig, Co-Founder/Managing Director of Shareholder Representative Services - Words Matter- Financial Advisors Need to Be Careful Using Form Engagement Letters (12/29/2009)
by Laurence S. Lese, David J. Kaufman, Heather Carmody and Rosa M. Ertze of Duane Morris LLP - New Delaware Case Favors Indemnity for Investment Professionals (12/22/2009)
by Michael Kendall of Goodwin Procter LLP - SEC Climate Change Disclosure- Is Your Company's Carbon Footprint A Material Risk? (12/16/2009)
by Douglas Feichtner of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP - Protecting Your Confidential Business Information While the Noncompete Debate Continues (12/15/2009)
by Russell Beck, Partner at Foley & Lardner LLP - Private Equity Comment - SJ Berwin (12/9/2009)
by Simon Witney, Partner at SJ Berwin LLP - Deal Certainty —The Fallacy of a New Market (12/8/2009)
by David Fox and Daniel E. Wolf of Kirkland & Ellis LLP - Canada: New National Instrument 31-103 takes effect (12/2/2009)
by Attorneys at McCarthy Tétrault LLP - Summary of Israeli High-Tech Company Capital Raising Q1-Q3/2009 Survey (12/1/2009)
by Marianna Shapira, Research Manager, IVC Research Center - Who Controls: Me Or Them? (11/25/2009)
by Joseph W. Bartlett, Of Counsel, Sullivan & Worcester LLP and Founder of VC Experts.com - The Alternative lnvestment Fund Managers Directive - equivalence or protectionism? (11/24/2009)
by Simon Witney, Partner, SJ Berwin LLP - In a Leveraged Buyout With a Controlling Stockholder, Loyal Directors Must Actively Negotiate (11/18/2009)
by Evelyn Cruz Sroufe, Patrick Simpson, and Naomi Sheffield of Perkins Coie LLP - Venture Capital Survey - Silicon Valley Third Quarter 2009 (11/17/2009)
by Barry J. Kramer and Michael J. Patrick at Fenwick & West LLP - Applicability of Delaware Income Tax (11/11/2009)
by Joseph W. Bartlett, Of Counsel, Sullivan & Worcester LLP and Founder of VCExperts.com - New York State Enacts Changes Impacting the Creation and Potential Uses of Powers of Attorney (11/10/2009)
by Attorneys at Dechert LLP - Note on Preparation and Content of Placement Memorandum ('PPM') (11/4/2009)
by Joseph W. Bartlett, Of Counsel, Sullivan & Worcester LLP amd Founder of VCExperts.com - Planning Ahead for Distress In A Venture Backed Company - The Special Situations Committee (11/3/2009)
by Marc Babinski, Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Montréal - The Dilution Concern for Founders (10/28/2009)
by Joseph W. Bartlett, Of Counsel, Sullivan & Worcester LLP and Founder of VC Experts.com - Proposal Would Subject Registered Investment Companies to New Proxy Access Regime (10/27/2009)
by Barry Y. Greenberg, Partner in the Investment Funds practice of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Interview - Randy Mitchell, of the International Trade Administration - U. S. Department of Commerce (10/21/2009)
by VC Experts.com Staff - The MAC - MAE Checklist (10/20/2009)
by Joseph W. Bartlett, Of Counsel, Sullivan & Worcester LLP and Founder of VCExperts.com - The Contract - Purchase Agreement, Shareholders Agreement, And Rights Of First Refusal (10/14/2009)
by Joseph W. Bartlett, Of Counsel, Sullivan & Worcester LLP and Founder of VC Experts.com - FINRA Proposes Sweeping New Disclosures for Mutual Funds and Broker-Dealers (10/13/2009)
by W. Hardy Callcott, Nancy M. Persechino, Roger P. Joseph & Neal E. Sullivan of Bingham McCutchen LLP. - Previous Buzzes can be found in the Buzz Archive...
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