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June 25, 2025

Buy-Side M&A Playbook: Drafting Definitive Agreements – The Road to Closing

By Stephen Fisher,Patrick Grilli,David Hayes
This article is part of Fenwick's "Buy-Side M&A Playbook" series, published as part of the Silicon Valley Defense Group's Industry...
June 25, 2025

Buy-Side M&A Playbook: Drafting Definitive Agreements – The Road to Closing

By Stephen Fisher,Patrick Grilli,David Hayes
This article is part of Fenwick's "Buy-Side M&A Playbook" series, published as part of the Silicon Valley Defense Group's Industry...
June 20, 2025

SEC News Roundup

By David Bell,Ran Ben-Tzur,Amanda Rose,Wendy Grasso ,+1more...
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Catch up on the latest SEC news, including agency guidance, tips, requests for input, and more.  Petition for Rulemaking with Respect to...
June 20, 2025

SEC News Roundup

By David Bell,Ran Ben-Tzur,Amanda Rose,Wendy Grasso +1 more...
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Catch up on the latest SEC news, including agency guidance, tips, requests for input, and more.  Petition for Rulemaking with Respect to...
June 19, 2025

The One Big Beautiful Bill Augments QSBS Benefits for Startup Founders and Investors

By William Skinner,Kris Hatch
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was enacted into law on July 4, including the Senate bill's taxpayer-favorable changes to...
June 19, 2025

The One Big Beautiful Bill Augments QSBS Benefits for Startup Founders and Investors

By William Skinner,Kris Hatch
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was enacted into law on July 4, including the Senate bill's taxpayer-favorable changes to...
June 18, 2025

What Founders Actually Own at IPO (And Why It Matters Now More Than Ever)

By Michael Esquivel
Founders often dream about the IPO moment—the bell-ringing, the headlines, the validation. But what’s often overlooked is what ownership...
June 18, 2025

What Founders Actually Own at IPO (And Why It Matters Now More Than Ever)

By Michael Esquivel
Founders often dream about the IPO moment—the bell-ringing, the headlines, the validation. But what’s often overlooked is what ownership...
June 18, 2025

FINRA Fee Cap Increase Coming in July

By David Bell,Ran Ben-Tzur,Amanda Rose,Wendy Grasso ,+1more...
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Some issuers will be subject to higher FINRA fee caps beginning July 1, 2025. Section 7 of Schedule A to the FINRA By-Laws sets forth the...
June 18, 2025

FINRA Fee Cap Increase Coming in July

By David Bell,Ran Ben-Tzur,Amanda Rose,Wendy Grasso +1 more...
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Some issuers will be subject to higher FINRA fee caps beginning July 1, 2025. Section 7 of Schedule A to the FINRA By-Laws sets forth the...
June 17, 2025

Tax Court Says AbbVie's $1.6B Break Fee Payment to Shire Properly Deducted as Ordinary Expense

By Vanessa Park-Thompson
A break fee in a merger-gone-south can be deducted as an ordinary expense, the U.S. Tax Court held today, finding for biopharmaceutical...
June 17, 2025

Tax Court Says AbbVie's $1.6B Break Fee Payment to Shire Properly Deducted as Ordinary Expense

By Vanessa Park-Thompson
A break fee in a merger-gone-south can be deducted as an ordinary expense, the U.S. Tax Court held today, finding for biopharmaceutical...
June 16, 2025

SEC Withdraws 2022 Proposed Amendment to Rule 14a-8

By David Bell,Ran Ben-Tzur,Amanda Rose,Wendy Grasso ,+1more...
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On June 12, 2025, the SEC announced its withdrawal of previously proposed amendments to Rule 14a-8. The amendments, proposed in June...
June 16, 2025

SEC Withdraws 2022 Proposed Amendment to Rule 14a-8

By David Bell,Ran Ben-Tzur,Amanda Rose,Wendy Grasso +1 more...
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On June 12, 2025, the SEC announced its withdrawal of previously proposed amendments to Rule 14a-8. The amendments, proposed in June...
June 16, 2025

SEC Staff Says Certain Protocol Staking Activities Don't Constitute the Sale of Securities

By David Bell,Ran Ben-Tzur,Amanda Rose,Wendy Grasso ,+1more...
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The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance recently issued a statement on Certain Protocol Staking Activities, essentially articulating...
June 16, 2025

SEC Staff Says Certain Protocol Staking Activities Don't Constitute the Sale of Securities

By David Bell,Ran Ben-Tzur,Amanda Rose,Wendy Grasso +1 more...
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The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance recently issued a statement on Certain Protocol Staking Activities, essentially articulating...