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08.11.2005California Supreme Court Invalidates Contractual Waivers of Jury TrialsUpdatesIn a decision that broadens the right to a jury trial for parties in California, the California Supreme Court recently held that California courts cannot enforce predispute waivers of the right to a jury trial . The case, Grafton Partners L.P. v. Superior Court, No. S123344 (Cal. Aug. 4, 2005), applies retrospectively to all existing contracts governed by California law and will significantly affect dispute resolution efforts by parties to such contracts.
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05.15.2002Preparing Your Business for Sale (…Or How to Sell it Faster and for More Money)UpdatesThis update is designed to help the owners of a "closely held" business facilitate its sale and increase the price they receive from its sale. By a "closely held" business, we mean a business owned by a relatively small number of people – often members of an extended family.
Founder Insights
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How to Prepare for an Equity Financing
We have covered in past FTTWs how to value your startup and how much capital to raise. Once your startup decides to pursue equity financing, you should start to prepare for the investor due diligence process. On the business side, you will need to prepare a business plan and should take steps such as obtaining management references, interviews and background reviews, customer/user references, technical/product reviews, financial statements and business model reviews.
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What Every Startup Needs to Know
On Wednesday, June 26th, Perkins Coie’s Palo Alto office hosted the startupPerColator event, “What Every Startup Needs to Know.” Lowell Ness, a Perkins Coie partner in the Emerging Companies & Venture Capital (ECVC) practice, moderated a panel which included Herb Stephens of NueHealth, Thomas Huot of VantagePoint Capital, Jennifer Jones of Jennifer Jones and Partners, Yuri Rabinovich of Start-up Monthly, and Olga Rodstein of Shutterfly.
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Surviving the Series A Crunch: Financing Alternatives
The “Series A Crunch,” which is the significant decline in the number of startup companies per quarter that are completing their first equity financing, appears to be deepening.
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Use a Term Sheet Before You Incorporate
Lawyers will tell you it’s important to incorporate your company as soon as you possibly can to avoid personal liability and to settle all outstanding matters among the founders. That’s good advice, but the place to start is with a Term Sheet for the incorporation.
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