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2021 by the numbers Investment and M&A Transactions

Our M&A transactions saw a trend towards more strategic buyers vs. pure private equity buyers, likely signaling that private equity owned platforms were executing on their growth via acquisition strategies and, correspondingly, non-private equity backed pure strategic buyers were executing on acquisitions to remain competitive. On the venture side, we also saw a trend toward…
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New York City to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines for Private Sector Employers

On December 6, 2021, New York City unveiled plans that will require all on-site employees of private businesses located in the city, from salons to multinational corporations, to get the COVID-19 vaccine. This first-in-the-nation vaccine mandate for private employers is intended to limit the spread of the new Omicron variant this winter. As discussed below,…
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NEW REQUIREMENTS TO ENFORCE WEBSITE TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE

Many businesses include Terms & Conditions of Use on their website and assume that by stating within those Terms & Conditions that they are binding on the user, they actually are binding on the user.  Other businesses may be a little more direct, by including a clear link on their home page when the user…
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Five Things NFT Creators and Sellers Need to Know

Non-Fungible Tokens, or “NFTs,” have increasingly begun to attract mainstream attention from creatives, collectors, investors, and a broad range of corporations seeking to explore this new form of digital property. But what are they exactly? What is a Non-Fungible Token (“NFT”)? NFTs are, generally speaking, non-fungible digital representations of the underlying rights that are being…
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