The VC Expert's Buzz Archive

Below is a list of all past "VC Expert's Buzz" articles. A star () denotes premium content available to subscribers only.

The Venture Manifesto Simon Witney, Partner, SJ Berwin	1/6/2009
IVC: Israeli High-Tech Company Capital Raising Q1-Q3/2008 Summary Efrat Zakai, IVC Research Center	12/30/2008
NVCA Annual Survey Forecasts Challenges for Venture Industry in 2009 Emily Mendell and Laura Cruz	12/23/2008
Interview with Matt Toole of Thomson Reuters VC Experts.com Staff	12/17/2008
Valuation of Social Networking: Private Equity and Venture Capital Avi Schwartz and Arjun Sethi, Mr. Sethi is an advisor and angel investor in early stage startups	12/16/2008
Meeting Clients Halfway: A Tall Order Joseph W. Bartlett, Of Counsel, Sullivan & Worcester LLP and Founder of VC Experts.com	12/12/2008
Interview with Dave Cummings of Tradebot Ventures Inc. VC Experts.com Staff	12/10/2008
Controversy Over Fair Value, Mark to Market Accounting: FAS 157 Joseph W. Bartlett, Of Counsel, Sullivan & Worcester LLP and Founder of VC Experts.com	12/9/2008
Shareholder Activism and the 'Eclipse of the Public Corporation' Martin Lipton, a Founding Partner, of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz	12/8/2008
Fenwick & West: Trends in Terms of Venture Financings In the San Francisco Bay Area (Q3 2008) Barry J. Kramer and Michael J. Patrick of Fenwick & West, LLP.	12/2/2008
SEC Proposes New Rating Agency Rules Davis Polk & Wardwell	11/25/2008
Minimizing The Impact Of The Financial Crisis On Private Equity And Venture Capital Funds Gabor Garai, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP	11/18/2008
Interview with Andrea Johnson of Fraser, Milner, Casgrain LLP VC Experts Staff	11/11/2008
Protecting The Attorney-Client Privilege: Depositions Of In-House Counsel Todd Presnell, Member, Miller & Martin PLLC	11/4/2008
The Carried Interest Tax Debate Toby Butler and Terry Childers, of Powell Goldstein LLP	10/28/2008
Small Investments in U.S. Firms May Be Subject to CFIUS Review Adam Emmerich, David Katz, Ilene Knable Gotts, Mark Gordon, Shaun Mathew	10/21/2008
SPACs Coming To Canada - Toronto Stock Exchange Proposes New Rule To Permit Listings Mark Adkins and Lindsay Bunt of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP	10/14/2008
Some Plain Talk on the Credit Crisis...And Some Likely Outcomes Joseph W. Bartlett, Of Counsel, Sullivan & Worcester LLP, New York Office	10/10/2008
A Report on Another ERISA Reporting Issue for Private Equity and Other Investment Funds Andrew L. Oringer, Partner, White & Case LLP	10/7/2008
Pitfalls in Preserving Net Operating Losses Dr. Larry Maples, Professor of Accounting at Tennessee Technological University	9/30/2008
Due Diligence Investment of India's Businesses Arjun Sethi, An advisor and angel investor in early stage startups	9/23/2008
Doing Business In India - A Legal Overview Part 2 Sumeet Kachwaha, Partner, Kachwaha & Partners	9/16/2008
Doing Business In India - A Legal Overview Part 1 Sumeet Kachwaha, Partner, Kachwaha & Partners	9/9/2008
A Summary of Established & Emerging IP Business Models Raymond Millien PCT Capital LLC and Ron Laurie Inflexion Point Strategy LLC	9/2/2008
Venture Financing Trends In the San Francisco Bay Area and Israeli High-Tech Company Capital (Q2 08) Barry J. Kramer and Michael J. Patrick of Fenwick & West LLP and Efrat Zakai, IVC Research Center	8/29/2008
Global PE and Venture Update--Listed Funds in Europe, Israel VC, etc. A Compilation from three different sources: CMS Cameron McKenna, IVC, and SJ Berwin	8/26/2008
Private Equity Deal Terms: The Song (Largely) Remains the Same Christopher Bellini, Of Counsel, Dorsey & Whitney LLP	8/19/2008
VCs and Deal Flow: Seeing Everything, Doing (Nearly) Nothing Jeff Bussgang, General Partner, at Flybridge Capital Partners	8/12/2008
SEC Revises Form D; Mandates Electronic Filing Michael L. Hermsen, Partner, Mayer Brown	8/5/2008
Going The Distance: How the World's Best Companies Achieve High Performance Tim Breene and Paul F. Nunes of Accenture	7/29/2008
Convergence of Venture Capital and Private Equity in Islamic Finance Arjun Sethi, An advisor and angel investor in early stage startups	7/22/2008
Valuation Committees in Venture Capital Limited Partnerships - A Thing of the Past? Carl E. Kaplan, retired partner at Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P	7/15/2008
Problems on Domicile in Massachusetts and New York Richard Pero, Associate, Morrison & Foerster LLP	7/8/2008
Teaching Founders to Roll Over: Deal Structures that Bridge the Valuation Gap Steve Keeler and Bob McElroy are Partners at McGuireWoods LLP	7/1/2008
Deal Process and Terms in the Downturn: Our Crystal Ball of Trends Steve Keeler and Bob McElroy are Partners at McGuireWoods LLP	6/24/2008
SEC Changes to Rules 144 and 145 Howard E. Berkenblit and George A. Selmont, Jr. of Sullivan & Worcester LLP.	6/17/2008
Trends in Terms of Venture Financings In the San Francisco Bay Area (First Quarter 2008) Barry J. Kramer and Michael J. Patrick of Fenwick & West LLP	6/11/2008
Canadian Capital and Equity: Overview Arjun Sethi, An advisor and angel investor in early stage startups	6/10/2008
FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (FIN 48) Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	6/3/2008
Carried Interests: To Tax or Not to Tax, That is the Question Michael Fernhoff, Partner, Kaye Scholer LLP	5/27/2008
IRS Provides Relief for Unintentional Operational Violations of Section 409A Buff Miller and Tom Reicher, of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP	5/20/2008
VC Representation on Boards - Reconsidering the Value of Care-Taker Directors Marc Babinski, Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP	5/13/2008
Biotech M&A Survey 2005-2007 Part 2 of 2 Dr. Ulrich Geilinger & Dr. Chandra Leo	5/8/2008
Biotech M&A Survey 2005-2007 Part 1 of 2 Dr. Ulrich Geilinger & Dr. Chandra Leo	5/6/2008
Capital Raising - Placement Agents Mathew S. Guliner, Founder and President, The Young Venture Capital Society	5/1/2008
Venture Debt - Angels Take Flight to Safety Paul J. Marino, Founder, Paul J. Marino & Associates and COO Young Venture Capital Assn.	4/29/2008
Capital Raising - Raising a Fund? Things You Might Want to Know Mathew S. Guliner, Founder and President, The Young Venture Capital Society	4/24/2008
About Those Auction Rate Securities Lawsuits Kevin LaCroix, Partner of the OakBridge Insurance Services	4/22/2008
Summary of Israeli High-Tech Company Capital Raising Efrat Zakai of the IVC Research Center	4/17/2008
Restricted stock: The Tax Impact On Employers and Employees - Part 4 of 4 G. Edgar Adkins, Jr., and Jeffrey A. Martin of Grant Thornton LLP	4/15/2008
Restricted stock: The Tax Impact On Employers and Employees - Part 3 of 4 G. Edgar Adkins, Jr., and Jeffrey A. Martin of Grant Thornton LLP	4/10/2008
Restricted stock: The Tax Impact On Employers and Employees - Part 2 of 4 G. Edgar Adkins, Jr., and Jeffrey A. Martin of Grant Thornton LLP	4/8/2008
Restricted stock: The Tax Impact On Employers and Employees - Part 1 of 4 G. Edgar Adkins, Jr., and Jeffrey A. Martin of Grant Thornton LLP	4/3/2008
Israel Venture Update - Current Summary of M&As and IPOs 2007 Efrat Zakai, IVC Research Center	4/1/2008
Fenwick & West: Life Science Venture Capital Valuation Survey San Francisco Bay Area 2007 Barry Kramer and Michael Patrick of Fenwick & West	3/27/2008
Pluris FAS 157 Handbook for Private Equity (March 2007) Espen Robak, CFA, President, Pluris Valuation Advisors LLC	3/25/2008
Private Equity in the Age of Globalization: China and India - Part 2 of 2 Arjun Sethi, An advisor and angel investor in early stage startups	3/20/2008
Private Equity in the Age of Globalization: China and India - Part 1 of 2 Arjun Sethi, An advisor and angel investor in early stage startups	3/18/2008
Potential Draconian Penalties Imposed Under Massachusetts Law on Start Ups Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	3/13/2008
Trends in Terms of Venture Financings In the San Francisco Bay Area (Fourth Quarter 2007) Barry J. Kramer and Michael J. Patrick of Fenwick & West LLP	3/11/2008
FAS 157 - Fair Value Measurements Adopted by the FASB - Part 2 of 2 Joseph W. Bartlett, Of Counsel, Sullivan & Worcester LLP	3/6/2008
FAS 157 - Fair Value Measurements Adopted by the FASB - Part 1 of 2 Joseph W. Bartlett, Of Counsel, Sullivan & Worcester LLP and Founder of VCExperts.com	3/4/2008
Shariah Compliance: Opportunities for Private Equity Simon Witney, Partner, SJ Berwin LLP	2/28/2008
Venture Funds Take on Buyouts--D�j� Vu All Over Again Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	2/26/2008
Is Microsoft Fixing Or Breaking The U.S. Patent System? Jeff Hunt, Raymond Ibon and Dennis Fernandez	2/21/2008
Editorial In Response To - Patent Reform Act Best Way to Protect, Foster Innovation Brian Bensch & Dennis Fernandez of Fernandez & Associates, LLP	2/20/2008
Five Reasons You Should No Longer Bother Getting U.S. Patents Dennis S. Fernandez of Fernandez & Associates LLP	2/14/2008
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code - Part 3 of 3 Millicent Lundburg, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.	2/12/2008
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code - Part 2 of 3 Millicent Lundburg, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.	2/7/2008
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code - Part 1 of 3 Millicent Lundburg, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.	2/5/2008
Family Offices: A Growing Source of Investment Simon Witney, Partner, SJ Berwin LLP	1/31/2008
Legal Updates: The PAUSE Program and FASB Interpretation No. 48 Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	1/29/2008
Private Equity Limited Partnership Agreements: Common Trigger Events and Limited Partner Remedies Cameron Koziskie and Sam Ault, Torys LLP	1/24/2008
Reopening the IPO Window Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	1/22/2008
Torys' Top Ten M&A Trends for 2008 Sharon Geraghty, Richard Willoughby and Philip Brown of Torys LLP	1/17/2008
FAS 157 - The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Audit Brad Feld	1/15/2008
Trends in Terms of Venture Financings In the San Francisco Bay Area (Q3 2007) Michael J. Patrick and Barry J. Kramer of Fenwick & West LLP	1/10/2008
SEC Adopts New Anti-Fraud Rule for Private Funds as Proposed Goodwin Procter	1/8/2008
U.S. Private Equity Funds Making Cross-Border Investments - Primary Tax Considerations Arturo Requenez II and Timothy S. Shuman	1/3/2008
Listed Funds: Will 2008 Be Their Year? Simon Witney, Partner, SJ Berwin LLP	12/20/2007
Private Company Financings Update - Q2 2007 Report Cooley Godward Kronish LLP	12/18/2007
Private Equity in the United States: Frequently Asked Questions - Part II Amy Johnson-Spina and Joseph Romagnoli, Torys LLP	12/13/2007
Private Equity in the United States: Frequently Asked Questions - Part I Amy Johnson-Spina and Joseph Romagnoli, Torys LLP	12/11/2007
Supporting Venture Innovation: Venture Capital Drives U.S. Competitiveness Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	12/6/2007
Transparency for UK PE: A Model for the Globe? SJ Berwin's Summary of the Sir David Walker Report Simon Witney, Partner, SJ Berwin LLP	12/4/2007
New Plumbing for PIPEs John Hempill, Morrison & Foerster	11/29/2007
Is The Name Of The Game Still The Claim? The Post-Phillips Revolution In Patent Law Gerson S Panitch, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP	11/27/2007
Private Equity Investment in India's Healthcare Industry Arjun Sethi, An advisor and angel investor in early stage startups	11/20/2007
Making Legal Investments Simon Witney, Partner, SJ Berwin LLP	11/19/2007
Pledge Funds: Commentary and Model Term Sheet Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	11/15/2007
Summary of Israeli High-Tech Company Capital Raising Q2 / H1 2007 IVC Research Center	11/13/2007
The Patent Reform Act of 2007: Is Congress Throwing Out the Patent With the Troll? Dennis Fernandez & Christopher Fasel	11/8/2007
From Private To Public: The Evolution of an Asset Class SJ Berwin	11/7/2007
Speech by SEC Staff: The Future of Securities Regulation Brian G. Cartwright, General Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	11/6/2007
Reverse Mergers: After Market/Closing Share Price Performance Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	11/1/2007
Bankruptcy and D & O Claims Settlements Kevin LaCroix, OakBridge Insurance Services	10/30/2007
2007 Fund Formation Terms and Trends - Part 2 of 2 VC Experts.com, Inc.	10/25/2007
2007 Fund Formation Terms and Trends - Part 1 of 2 VC Experts.com, Inc.	10/23/2007
EU Private Equity: Corporate Governance SJ Berwin	10/16/2007
NAPF: Corporate Governance Policy For AIM Companies Simon Fielder and Caroline Grange of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman LLP	10/11/2007
The 21st Century Term Sheet - Part 2 Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	10/9/2007
The 21st Century Term Sheet - Part 1 Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	10/4/2007
The Implied Covenant of Good Faith and the Exercise of Contract Rights Glen Banks, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.	10/2/2007
US AIM Information and Liquidity Points Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	9/27/2007
Private Equity: Issues Under the Radar--Chairman Cox and the SEC Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	9/25/2007
Trends in Terms of Venture Financings In the San Francisco Bay Area (Q2 2007) Barry Kramer and Michael J. Patrick of Fenwick & West LLP	9/20/2007
Private Equity Taxation in the UK SJ Berwin	9/18/2007
SEC Votes to Adopt Antifraud Rule Pertaining to Pooled Investment Vehicles Goodwin Procter	9/13/2007
Venture-Debt Financing is not Anti-Entrepreneur John E. Richards of Brigham Young University	9/11/2007
Response to SEC's Hallmark Capital no-action letter Samuel M. Shafner, Burns & Levinson LLP	9/6/2007
SEC Staff Issues Denial Of No-Action Request Regarding Broker-Dealer Registration Sean O'Malley, Goodwin Procter LLP	8/30/2007
A Follow Up on Compulsory Arbitration of Securities Actions: European Activity Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	8/28/2007
PE Buzz: A PE-rfect union Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	8/23/2007
Terms and Conditions of Private Equity Funds (SJ Berwin) SJ Berwin	8/21/2007
PE Buzz: Corporate Governance and the U.K. SJ Berwin	8/16/2007
Seven Deadly Sins of Middle Market IT Due Diligence Joanne Wortman, Edgewater Technology, Inc.	8/14/2007
PE Buzz: Interest on Private Equity Debt: Deductible (Conditionally) in UK SJ Berwin	8/9/2007
The New Private Market for Funds: An Alternative to Going Public Sam Roseme, O'Melveny & Myers LLP	8/7/2007
Tax Considerations in Choice of Entity, and Working with LLCs, Part 2 George R. Goodman of Foley & Lardner LLP	8/2/2007
Tax Considerations in Choice of Entity, and Working with LLCs, Part 1 George R. Goodman of Foley & Lardner LLP	7/31/2007
MedImmune v. Genentech: A Dilemma Removed For Patent Licensees Eric M. Reifschneider and Robin J. Lee of Cooley Godward Kronish	7/24/2007
The Liquidation Preference of Non-participating Preferred Jonathan D. Gworek of Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, PC	7/17/2007
PE Buzz: Another 'Road Map' Direction from Delaware Chancery to Management Buyout Sponsors Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	7/12/2007
Introduction of New AIM Rules for Companies Simon Fielder, Caroline Grange and Gary L. Benton of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP	7/10/2007
PE Buzz: Debt vs. Equity: The Debt Piece Retains its Character as Debt in Chapter 11 Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	6/28/2007
PIPEs, Small Caps and Rule 415 Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	6/26/2007
PE Buzz: Dividend Recaps and The Carried Interest Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	6/21/2007
The SEC's recent no-action letter to Country Business, Inc. (2006 SEC No-Act LEXIS 669) Kenneth B. Abel	6/19/2007
PE Buzz: Private Equity Acquisitions and Hart-Scott-Rodino Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	6/14/2007
Financial Services Authority Examines the Private Equity Industry SJ Berwin	6/12/2007
PE Buzz: Reverse Mergers: After Market Performance Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	6/7/2007
Trends in Terms of Venture Financings In the San Francisco Bay Area (First Quarter 2007) Barry J. Kramer and Michael J. Patrick of Fenwick & West	6/5/2007
PE Buzz: Section 11 Damages May Not Be 'Losses' Covered By The D&O policy--CNL Hotel and Resorts Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	5/31/2007
Issues Facing Nanotech Companies Going Public: A Recap of an Executive Roundtable Andrew S. Baluch, Leon Radomsky, and Gabor Garai	5/29/2007
PE Buzz: Expanded Definition of Fraud For Private Equity - U.S. and U.K. Developments Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	5/24/2007
More Private Equity Transparency in Europe -- a Precursor for the US? SJ Berwin	5/22/2007
PE Buzz: Pension Protection Act of 2006 Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	5/17/2007
Outsourcing R&D to India: Pitfalls to Avoid Anand Sharma and Venk Krishnamoorthy of Finnegan Henderson Farabow	5/15/2007
PE Buzz: Compelling Arbitration of Stockholder Class Actions Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder VC Experts and Cathy Reese, Principal, Fish and Richardson	5/11/2007
SOX Section 404 Postponed for Some U.S. Registrants Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	5/8/2007
PE Buzz: Private Equity From Two Sides Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	5/3/2007
New Definition of Accredited Investor: VC Funds Not Included Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	5/1/2007
East Coast vs. West Coast - Seed and Early Stage Investing Supremacy: Has the West Won? Paul J. Marino	4/24/2007
Lightening SOX Burden on Smaller Companies: Advisory Committee Report Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	4/17/2007
Compelling Arbitration of Stockholder Class Actions Based on Federal Securities Law Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder VC Experts and Cathy Reese, Principal, Fish and Richardson	4/10/2007
Papering the Deal: Analysis of Term Sheets Jannat C. Thompson, Andrews Kurth LLP	4/5/2007
Note on the Plan Asset Regulation and VCOCs Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	4/3/2007
United States: An Introduction to the World of Intellectual Property and Antitrust Craig Waldman and Francis M. Fryscak, Cooley Godward LLP	3/27/2007
Patentability of Software in India Manisha Singh Nair	3/20/2007
ERISA Update: Good News For Fund Managers SJ Berwin	3/13/2007
Summary of Israeli High-Tech Company Capital in 2006 IVC Research Center	3/6/2007
Fenwick & West: Trends in Legal Terms in Venture Financings In the San Francisco Bay Area (Q4 2006) Barry Kramer and Michael Patrick, Fenwick and West	2/27/2007
European Private Equity More Information - Or More Understanding? SJ Berwin LLP	2/20/2007
Fees, Fees and More Fees--PE and VC Fee & Expense Data Comparison from 2004 to 2007 Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	2/13/2007
The Economic Impact of Private Equity in Europe SJ Berwin	2/6/2007
SEC Issues New Soft Dollar Guidance Edward L. Pittman of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP	1/30/2007
Survey on Private Equity Valuation Methods (Part 2) Vivian Fu (MBA II), Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University	1/25/2007
Survey on Private Equity Valuation Methods (Part 1) Vivian Fu (MBA II), Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University	1/23/2007
Mandatory Registration of Finders as Private Placement Brokers: SEC Action On The Way (Part 2) Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	1/16/2007
Mandatory Registration of Finders as Private Placement Brokers: SEC Action On The Way (Part 1) Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	1/11/2007
It's Only Money...Or Is It? David Jaffe, Fox Rothschild LLP	1/9/2007
Canadian-American Cooperation in Cross-Border Insolvencies The Hon. James M. Farley, Q.C. Senior Counsel, McCarthy T�trault LLP	1/4/2007
Unsolicited Takeover Bids: Defensive Strategies for Canadian Companies Bill Gula and Richard Fridman	12/28/2006
The SEC's Final Rules on Executive Compensation - What to Do Now Thelen Reid & Priest LLP	12/19/2006
Five Tips for a Successful License Agreement Susan Foster, Fish & Richardson, PC	12/14/2006
New Executive Compensation Regulations--Disclosing Corporate Governance Information Michael J. Connolly and Ira H. Jolles of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP	12/13/2006
New Executive Compensation Regulations--Disclosing Related Party Transactions Michael J. Connolly, Ira H. Jolles of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP	12/12/2006
The AIM Campaign to Enlist IPO Candidates from the US: What It May Mean For Global Venture Capital Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	12/5/2006
Fenwick & West: Trends in Legal Terms in Venture Financings In the San Francisco Bay Area (Q3 2006) Barry Kramer and Michael Patrick, Fenwick and West	11/30/2006
Derivative Liability for Copyright Infringement: Napster, Grokster, Hummer Winblad and Bertelsmann Deborah A. Marshall, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin	11/28/2006
How to Organize a Pledge Fund Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	11/21/2006
Plain Talk About Stock Options: An Outline Of A New Model (Part II) Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	11/16/2006
Plain Talk About Stock Options: An Outline Of A New Model (Part I) Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	11/14/2006
Benchmark Capital v. CIBC-Parent Subsidiary Merger Enables a 'Cram Down' Despite An Ostensible Veto Deborah A. Marshall, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin	11/7/2006
Tort Reform In The Securities Sector Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	10/31/2006
Venture Capital Economies in the EU Professor Irene Lynch Fannon	10/26/2006
Canada: Material Adverse Effect Conditions - Treat Them as Boilerplate at Your Peril Krista Hill	10/24/2006
EU Private Equity Highlights - from SJ Berwin SJ Berwin	10/19/2006
Canada: Personal Liability of Directors Barry Reiter and Aaron Emes	10/17/2006
Update on Disney: Decision on the Merits John Olson, Amy Goodman, and Ronald O. Mueller, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher	10/10/2006
Model NDA that a Reluctant VC Fund May Sign (Before the Term Sheet is Finalized) Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	10/3/2006
Piercing the Corporate Veil - Asking the Right Questions (Part II) Kurt A. Strasser	9/26/2006
Piercing the Corporate Veil (Part I) Kurt A. Strasser	9/19/2006
Twists and Turns in U.S. - Source Rules Gregg D. Lemein, John D. McDonald and Stewart R. Lipeles	9/12/2006
Executive Session Minutes - Minute Or Not: Minute Or Substantial? Carl E. Kaplan, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.	9/6/2006
Distinction between Representations versus Warranties, Special Meeting of the Board and More Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	8/29/2006
Trends in Legal Terms in Venture Financings In the San Francisco Bay Area (Q2 2006) Barry Kramer and Michael Patrick, Fenwick and West LLP	8/22/2006
Italian Private Equity, In The Middle Of Change Paolo Guida, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business	8/15/2006
Exposed to the J-Curve: Understanding and Managing Private Equity Fund Investments Ulrich Grabenwarter and Tom Weidig, European Investment Fund	8/8/2006
IP Protection in Off-Shore Companies Steven J. Frank, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP	8/1/2006
Should a Venture Capital Fund Act More Like a Hedge Fund? Maximizing Private Equity Returns. Bill Hilliard and Charles Baden-Fuller	7/25/2006
Misconceptions Regarding Golden Parachutes in an M&A Setting: Who Really Gets The Soft Landing? Lisa K. Kunkle and Robert A. Profusek, Jones Day	7/18/2006
Director's Guide to Corporate Risk Management: Implementing a Comprehensive Strategy Barry Reiter	7/11/2006
Of Angel Investors, NPV and IRR Peter Economy and Joseph Bartlett	7/6/2006
The AIM - Global Effects for Private Equity, Hedge Fund and Venture Investing Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	6/26/2006
Private Equity: Issues Under the Radar - June 2006 Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	6/23/2006
Canadian Private Equity: It Pays to Make Sure Your Investors are Accredited Guy David, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP	6/20/2006
Sources of Capital: Royalty Financing and Micro-Cap Public Entities Kenneth H. Marks, Larry E. Robbins, Gonzalo Fernandez, John P. Funkhouser et al	6/13/2006
Sources of Capital: Government Agencies (SBA) Kenneth H. Marks, Larry E. Robbins, Gonzalo Fernandez, John P. Funkhouser et al	6/6/2006
Unregistered Finder; Can Issuer's Counsel Participate in the Deal? Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	6/1/2006
Fenwick & West: Trends in Legal Terms in Venture Financings In the San Francisco Bay Area (Q1 2006) Barry Kramer and Michael Patrick, Fenwick & West	5/30/2006
Sources of Capital: Incubators and Community Development Government Programs Kenneth H. Marks, Larry E. Robbins, Gonzalo Fernandez, John P. Funkhouser et al	5/23/2006
Sources of Capital: Strategic Or Industry Investors - Corporate Venture Capital and Merchant Banks Kenneth H. Marks, Larry E. Robbins, Gonzalo Fernandez, John P. Funkhouser et al	5/16/2006
European Venture Capital in 2005: Investment Trends, Exits, Performance and Fund Raising Ulrich Geilinger, Ph.D.	5/11/2006
Sources of Capital: Mezzanine Funds Kenneth H. Marks, Larry E. Robbins, Gonzalo Fernandez, John P. Funkhouser et al	5/9/2006
Sources of Capital: Buyout Funds Kenneth H. Marks, Larry E. Robbins, Gonzalo Fernandez, John P. Funkhouser et al	5/2/2006
Sources of Capital: Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds Kenneth H. Marks, Larry E. Robbins, Gonzalo Fernandez, John P. Funkhouser et al	4/25/2006
Sources of Capital: Leasing Companies Kenneth H. Marks, Larry E. Robbins, Gonzalo Fernandez, John P. Funkhouser et al	4/19/2006
Sources of Capital: Asset-based Lenders Kenneth H. Marks, Larry E. Robbins, Gonzalo Fernandez, John P. Funkhouser et al	4/11/2006
Sources of Capital: Commercial Banks and Commercial Finance Companies Kenneth H. Marks, Larry E. Robbins, Gonzalo Fernandez, John P. Funkhouser et al	4/4/2006
Sources of Capital: Individual Investors (Private Placements from Angel Investors) Kenneth H. Marks, Larry E. Robbins, Gonzalo Fernandez, John P. Funkhouser et al	3/28/2006
Note on Material Adverse Change B. Seth Bryant of Adorno & Yoss and Priscilla C. Hughes of Thomson Financial	3/23/2006
Sources of Capital: What to Expect - Bootstrapping Sources And Other Techniques Kenneth H. Marks, Larry E. Robbins, Gonzalo Fernandez, John P. Funkhouser et al	3/21/2006
The Handbook of Financing Growth: Compliance With Securities Laws Kenneth H. Marks, Larry E. Robbins, Gonzalo Fernandez, John P. Funkhouser et al	3/14/2006
The Handbook of Financing Growth: The Stock Purchase Agreement Kenneth H. Marks, Larry E. Robbins, Gonzalo Fernandez, John P. Funkhouser et al	3/7/2006
EU Private Equity: Taxing Management Equity And Carried Interest SJ Berwin LLP	3/2/2006
The Handbook of Financing Growth: Preferred Stock and Certificate of Incorporation Kenneth H. Marks, Larry E. Robbins, Gonzalo Fernandez, John P. Funkhouser et al.	2/28/2006
The Handbook of Financing Growth: Equity Instruments and Term Sheet Provisions by Kenneth H. Marks, Larry E. Robbins, Gonzalo Fernandez, John P. Funkhouser et al.	2/21/2006
Renouncing Corporate Opportunities in Spin-offs, Carve-out IPOs and Private Equity Investments Christopher E. Austin and David I. Gottlieb, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (New York)	2/14/2006
European Solutions to Secondary Portfolio Sales and the IPO's SJ Berwin	2/7/2006
Protecting the Outside Director: The David S. Hammer	1/31/2006
A New Weapon Against Piracy: Legal Strategies For Protecting Digital Media Rights Matthew Chivvis, Mengfei Huang and Dennis Fernandez	1/24/2006
Reverse FOIA: Shifting the Burden Under Exemption 4 Kurt D. Ferstl, Reed Smith LLP	1/17/2006
Is It a Material Adverse Effect? Sandy K. Feldman, Torys LLP	1/10/2006
Once Upon an M&A Suellen W. Bergman, Powell Goldstein LLP	1/3/2006
Making It Trips Way - India's New Patent Regime Rajkumar Dubey, Dubey & Partners	12/27/2005
General Solicitation and General Advertising in Regulation D Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	12/20/2005
New Disclosures About Option Expensing Howard E. Berkenblit of Sullivan & Worcester LLP	12/13/2005
Fenwick & West: Trends in Legal Terms in Venture Financings In the San Francisco Bay Area (Q3 2005) Barry Kramer and Michael Patrick, Fenwick & West	12/3/2005
A Look Back: Trends in Venture Capital Funding in the 1990s Nicole R. Onorato, SBA's Office of Advocacy	11/29/2005
Growing Through Rants and Raves Barry Moltz	11/22/2005
Inside the Term-Sheet Mindset of a Life Sciences VC Arthur Klausner, AM Pappas & Associates	11/15/2005
Use Of Term Definitions In Patent Applications Toby H. Kusmer and Michael E. Fogarty, Partners of McDermott Will & Emery, LLP	11/8/2005
The Interplay Between Patents and Trade Secrets in Litigation Stephen M. Lobbin, Foley & Lardner LLP	11/1/2005
Patent Law: Top Ten Practical Tips for Strategic Portfolio Management Dennis Fernandez, Fernandez & Associates LLP	10/25/2005
Venture Capital and God: Commentary on Kingdom-Based Investing Kenneth Eldred, Parakletos Ventures	10/18/2005
Liabilities of General Partners of PE/Venture Capital Funds: Old Legal Theories New Business Reality James E. Topinka of Coudert Brothers LLP and Carol Kerr of Folger Levin & Kahn LLP	10/13/2005
Board of Directors: 6 Rules for VC Backed Directors of Portfolio Companies Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	10/4/2005
Side Letters and Special Treatment of LP's: Problems and Commentary Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	9/27/2005
Rethinking Discounts For Lack Of Marketability? Arthur H. Rosenbloom, Managing Director, CFC Capital, LLC	9/20/2005
The Relationship between Angels and Venture Capitalists in the Venture Industry Tony Stanco, Uto Akah of George Washington University	9/13/2005
Fenwick & West: Trends in Legal Terms in Venture Financings In the San Francisco Bay Area (Q2 2005) Barry Kramer and Michael Patrick, Fenwick & West	9/6/2005
U.S. Private Equity Funds: Selected Regulatory and Tax Issues Filippo M. Cinotti, Esq., Partner, Cinotti & Buck LLP	8/30/2005
Reporting Results and the Drawdown Slowdown Tom Darling, Private Equity Analytics	8/23/2005
After the Term Sheet (Part 2 of 2) Dennis T. Jaffe, Ph.D. and Pascal N. Levensohn	8/16/2005
After the Term Sheet (Part 1 of 2) Dennis T. Jaffe, Ph.D. and Pascal N. Levensohn	8/9/2005
Canadian Private Equity: Director Liability in the New Era of Corporate Governance Gowlings	8/4/2005
Private Equity in Canada: Recent Developments and Selected Issues Patrick G. Barry, Sarbjit S. Basra and Claire M.C. Kennedy, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP	8/2/2005
Copyright Infringement: Grokster Case Summary Cole Wiley, Foley & Lardner LLP	7/26/2005
To Participate or Not (Participating Preferences) Bradley Feld, Managing Director and Jason Mendelson, Of Counsel, Mobius Venture Capital	7/19/2005
VC Term Sheet: Protective Provisions and a Note on Liquidation Preferences Bradley Feld, Managing Director and Jason Mendelson, Of Counsel, Mobius Venture Capital	7/12/2005
Private Equity Bulletin: Recent Legal Updates Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	7/5/2005
SEC Issues Guidance on Implementation of New Accounting Rules for Stock Options William D. Sherman, Patrick McCabe, and Timothy G. Verrall, Morrison & Foerster	6/28/2005
Multimarket Venture Capital Survey Data: Q1 2005 (Fish & Richardson) Chip Korn, Fish & Richardson, PC	6/21/2005
Government Regulation: Potential Requirement the GP Register Under the Investment Advisers Act Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	6/14/2005
United States: Considering Intellectual Property Securitisation Keith W. Medansky and Alan S. Dalinka, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary	6/7/2005
One Adult in Eleven is an Entrepreneur: 2004 GEM Report London Business School and Babson College	5/31/2005
Nordic Private Equity is Going Global Advokaten Carl Nisser, Consultant to SJ Berwin, London	5/24/2005
Private Equity in Central & Eastern Europe Richard Seewald, ALPHA ASSOCIATES	5/17/2005
The Pensions Trap: Issues for Private Equity Investors John Papadakis, Rosalind Connor, Adam Greaves, and James Goold of Jones Day	5/10/2005
Recent Developments in French Private Equity (SJ Berwin) Benjamin Aller and Pierre-Louis P�rin, SJ Berwin	5/3/2005
Summary of Israeli Company and Fund Capital Raising - 2004 Efrat Zakai, IVC Research Center	4/27/2005
Major Points About Venture Capital in Israel Matty Karp, Concord Ventures	4/19/2005
Israel and Global Venture Capital: A Worldwide Desk Reference Dr. Shlomo Kalish & Micah Avni, Jerusalem Global Ventures	4/12/2005
An Insight on Copyright, Geographical Indications and Confidential Information Laws in India Rajkumar Dubey, Dubey & Partners	4/5/2005
The Venture Capital Process in India Vishnu Varshney, GVFL	3/29/2005
Multimarket Venture Capital Survey Data: Q4 2004 (Fish & Richardson) Peter Korn, Fish & Richardson, P.C.	3/22/2005
Major Points About Venture Capital in Singapore Jimmy Hsu, TIF Ventures	3/15/2005
The Venture Capital Process in China Andrew Y. Yan & Brandon Ho-Ping Lin, SAIF Advisors Limited	3/8/2005
The Venture Capital Process in Korea Ryan Kangjoon Lee, Greg Moon & Daniel Kang, SOFTBANK Korea	3/2/2005
The Venture Capital Process in Switzerland Patrick Frei, Venture Valuation AG	2/23/2005
Denmark: A Biotech Venture Investment Arena Thomas Tscherning & Jesper Zeuthen, BankInvest Bio Venture	2/15/2005
Success in Venture Capital in Germany Rolf Christof Dienst & Miro Morczinek, Wellington Partners	2/8/2005
VC Investment in Germany: A People Business Dirk Kanngiesser & Martin Heinisch, PolyTechnos	2/1/2005
American Jobs Creation Act Changes Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules David Mittelstadt, Fish & Richardson P.C.	1/25/2005
How to go Private... and Why Patrick Daugherty, Timothy P. Hanley, Christopher C. McMahon and Peter C. Underwood	1/18/2005
Internal Rate of Return: A Simple, Non-Mathematical Explanation Thomas C. Klein, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati	1/11/2005
Executive Compensation: Director And Officer Liability Becomes Increasingly Complex Mark A. Collins and Steven S. Scholes, (McDermott, Will & Emery)	1/4/2005
Use an ESOP to Finance Your Next Deal Jay Trien, CPA, Esq., CM&A --Senior Partner, Trien Rosenberg	12/29/2004
The Google IPO: What happened and why? Jason Draho, IPOadvisory	12/22/2004
Multimarket Venture Capital Survey Data: Q3 2004 (Fish & Richardson PC) David Dutil, Jonathan M. Aberman of Fish & Richardson P.C.	12/15/2004
Trends in Legal Terms in Venture Financings In the San Francisco Bay Area (Fenwick & West) Barry Kramer and Michael Patrick, (Fenwick & West)	12/7/2004
Report from Angel Summit Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation	11/30/2004
Performance of Venture-backed Companies During Economic Downturn 2000-2004 Emily Mendell and John Taylor, NVCA and Channa Luma, The Weiser Group	11/22/2004
IP Strategies in Today's Wireless Technology Revolution Mark Punzalan and Dennis Fernandez	11/16/2004
Some Thoughts on Venture Capital Documentation Lea B. Pendleton, Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, P.C.	11/10/2004
Tax Incentives and Angel Capital: Federal & State Incentive Review and Commentary Daniel Sandler, Faculty of Law, The University of Western Ontario	11/2/2004
Private Equity Firm: Succession Issues: As Seniors Retire Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	10/26/2004
Commentary: Getting Creative with Executive Compensation Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	10/19/2004
What is the Market on Terms? A New Look at an Age-Old Question (Testa Hurwitz & Thibeault) Robin A. Painter (Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault)	10/12/2004
Fund Formation: What is the Market on Terms and Conditions? Ross Barrett, VC Experts, Inc.	10/8/2004
Fair Credit Reporting Act: Background Checks--Proceed With Caution (Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault) Adam P. Forman and Robert L. Kilroy, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault	10/4/2004
How Tax-Exempt Investors Can Avoid UBTI: Structuring Private Equity Investments in LLCs Joseph A. Hugg, Partner, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault	9/28/2004
Software Outsourcing Offshore - Business and Legal Issues Checklist Rajiv P. Patel and Ralph M. Pais, Partners, Intellectual Property Group, Fenwick & West LLP	9/21/2004
Sarbanes-Oxley: SEC Adopts Amendments to Form 8-K Michael Grundei, Partner, Business Practice Department, Wiggin and Dana	9/14/2004
Vicarious Liability: Napster, Hummer Winblad and New-World Risks for VCs John A. Dragseth, Principal, Fish & Richardson	9/8/2004
A Patent Portfolio Development Strategy for Start-Up Companies Rajiv P. Patel, Partner, Intellectual Property Group, Fenwick & West LLP	8/31/2004
Developing a Patent Strategy - A Checklist for Getting Started Rajiv P. Patel, Partner, Intellectual Property Group, Fenwick & West LLP	8/24/2004
Trends in Legal Terms in Venture Financings In the San Francisco Bay Area (Fenwick & West) Barry Kramer and Michael Patrick (Fenwick & West)	8/16/2004
Toward A Global Model Of Venture Capital? William L. Megginson, University of Oklahoma	8/10/2004
Director and Advisory Board Member Compensation - The Hidden Costs of Added Value (Part 2/2) Alex Wilmerding, Boston Capital Ventures	8/3/2004
Stock Options and Their Effect on Capital Structure (Part 1 of 2) Alex Wilmerding, Boston Capital Ventures	7/27/2004
Pledge or Synthetic Funds: A Structural Overview Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	7/20/2004
Structure for LP Control: An Alternative to Divorce Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	7/13/2004
Coping With Clawbacks and Defaulting LP's (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	7/7/2004
Federal Statutes: Management and Investor Liability (Legal Updates) Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	6/29/2004
Top-10 Most Common Intellectual Property Rights Mistakes During Venture Capital Due Diligence Dennis Fernandez, Managing Partner, Fernandez & Associates LLP, Menlo Park, CA	6/22/2004
Intellectual Property Due Diligence in Venture Transactions Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	6/15/2004
The IPO Process: Views from the CFOs Jason Draho, IPOAdvisory	6/8/2004
Global Research Analyst Settlement Proving Unsettling for Issuers Mark L. Johnson and Gregory M. Woods, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (Boston office)	6/1/2004
Best Practice Corporate Governance: Who Runs the Company? Paul P. Brountas, senior counsel at Hale and Dorr LLP (Boston)	5/25/2004
The Returns to Private Equity: An Update Jason Draho, IPOAdvisory	5/18/2004
Private Equity Legal Briefs: Recent Legal Updates Spring 2004 Joseph W. Bartlett, Founder of VC Experts.com	5/11/2004
Valuation: Confidentiality, Fair Market Value and the Use of Comparables (Part 3/3) Alex Wilmerding, Boston Capital Ventures	5/4/2004
Case Study: The Common and Non-convertible Preferred Structure (Part 2/3) Alex Wilmerding, Boston Capital Ventures	4/27/2004
Common and Preferred Stock and Effects on Valuation (Part 1/3)

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