The decisions you make in the beginning, such as choosing an ownership structure, will impact your business throughout its life cycle. Getting the right start is critical.
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LAN Party Lawyers: All-In on Loot Boxes
In this inaugural episode of LAN Party Lawyers, Carlton Fields attorneys Steve Blickensderfer and Nick Brown discuss the increasingly popular phenomenon of including loot boxes in digital games. They also examine the growing concerns about loot boxes by regulators around the world and debate whether …
U.S. Immigration Policy and Procedural Changes Impacting Foreign Students (Webinar)
This presentation is a three-part series on the procedural and policy changes issued by the various U.S. agencies governing legal immigration, and the impact of these changes on foreign students in the U.S. with student, scholar or trainee visas such as F, M or J, as well as their spouses and …
Custom Software Development: Practical Strategies to Get What You Pay For (Webinar)
A company’s custom software is an increasingly important part of growing profitability, shrinking expenses, and reaching new markets. It is critical to corporate success or failure. Software deals and licensing models are evolving as quickly as the technology, becoming more complicated and costly. …
Featured Documents
Term Sheet, Series B Preferred Stock
This sample Term Sheet, Series B Preferred Stock summarizes the principal terms with respect to a proposed sale of Series B Preferred Stock. It is intended as a basis for further discussions and is not intended to be legally binding except in limited respects. This sample Term Sheet is for use in …
Securities Purchase Agreement
This sample Securities Purchase Agreement is an agreement between the company and the purchaser setting forth the terms and conditions for the purchase and sale of common stock. This agreement includes representations and warranties by both the company and the purchaser relating to such stock …
Investor Questionnaire
The Investor Questionnaire is a confidential form to be completed by a prospective purchaser of unregistered securities including stock, notes, warrants or other securities. The questionnaire solicits information from a prospective investor regarding their financial status, sophistication, …