Update on Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule and Regulatory Relief for Smaller VC Funds
Insight March 15, 2019
On March 15, 2018, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Department of Labor’s (“DOL’s”) Fiduciary Rule, holding in a 2-1 decision that the DOL exceeded its regulatory authority in passing the rule. The decision struck down the new fiduciary advice definition and denied the attorneys-general of California, New York, and Oregon, as well […]
Rimon Partner Mark Lee’s article “The European Union’s New Copyright Directive” published in the Daily Journal
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Mark S. Lee ·
March 01, 2019
Information wants to be free, but intellectual property wants to be protected. The tension between this durable cliché and fundamental principle has informed much of the political and legal debate surrounding the commercial rise of the internet over the past 25 years.
This debate is presently centered in Europe, where the European Union
Rimon Partner and SCCBA President, Gabriel Gregg, Lauds Rimon’s “Ingenious” Model in Presidential Messages
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Gabriel Gregg ·
February 06, 2019
Gabriel Gregg is the 2019 President of the Santa Clara County Bar Association.
In his first two President’s Messages, and in his Presidential Installation speech, Mr. Gregg drew attention to the freeing power of modern legal tools and law firm models, and notably referenced Rimon as “ingenious” and as a “leader in law firm
SAFEs 2.0: YCombinator Updates the Form
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Dror Futter ·
December 09, 2018
In late 2013, seed accelerator Y Combinator introduced the SAFE (simple agreement for future equity) – a convertible instrument designed to make seed stage investing quicker and less expensive. Rimon Law's FinTech Partner, Dror Futter, highlights changes to the SAFE made by Y Combinator this fall in a crowfunderinsider.com
Rimon’s Stephen Trachtenberg and “The Importance of Mentorships in Higher Education”
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Stephen Joel Trachtenberg ·
December 07, 2018
President Emeritus and University Professor of Public Service at The George Washington University and Rimon Partner, Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, earns recognition as a particularly effective mentor in an article discussing how adequate mentorship is crucial for aspiring candidates to acquire the necessary experience doing the job to which they aim.
Rimon’s Joe Rosenbaum for Thomson Reuters, Practical Law: “Complying with New York Sweepstakes Law”
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Joseph I. (“Joe”) Rosenbaum ·
December 07, 2018
Joe Rosenbaum provides insights as contributing editor to a Practice Note from Practical Law. The piece discusses the key legal issues to consider when planning and advertising a sweepstakes or game of chance in New York. It covers the difference between contests and sweepstakes as well as free alternative method of entry (AMOE), official rules,
Universities and Endowments Partner, Stephen Trachtenberg, for UK Times Higher Education: “Let the nibblers gorge themselves”
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Stephen Joel Trachtenberg ·
December 06, 2018
In this article published in UK Times Higher Education, Rimon’s Stephen Trachtenberg provides a very insightful evaluation of students’ current learning dynamics and how colleges should change their education parameters in order to provide more flexible, accessible, and efficient ways for students to find their career paths. Click here
Chapter on Blockchain Law in PLI’s “Financial Product Fundamentals: Law, Business, Compliance” Treatise Written by Rimon’s Dror Futter
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Dror Futter ·
November 13, 2018
FinTech Partner, Dror Futter, has authored a chapter on “Blockchain Law: ICO Regulation and Other Legal Considerations in the Blockchain Ecosystem,” for the second edition of Practicing Law Institute’s (PLI) treatise, Financial Product Fundamentals: Law, Business, Compliance.
Read more here.
Top 10 Issues to Consider When Dealing with Loan Participations. Rimon Partners Douglas J. Schneller and John J. Hanley in Thomson Reuters
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John J. Hanley ·
Douglas J. Schneller ·
November 05, 2018
Rimon Partners John J. Hanley and Douglas J. Schneller thoroughly summarize the considerations that lenders should take into account when deciding whether or not to participate in a loan. Read the full article here.
Rimon Representing Crow Creek Tribe of South Dakota and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska in their Opposition to the FCC’s 5G Exemptions
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Stephen Díaz Gavin ·
October 19, 2018
Rimon Partner, Stephen Díaz Gavin, was instrumental in the representation of the Crow Creek Tribe of South Dakota and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska in their opposition to the FCC's 5G exemptions. As one of only two firms with expertise in judicial review of FCC decisions in the case, Rimon played a key role in