CARES Act: The Affiliation Rules and How They Could Affect Your Eligibility for a PPP Loan
Note: The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ended on May 31, 2021. This article remains for historical reference.
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Update to Statutory Preemptive Rights in Washington Corporations
Joe and I wrote a post last year about how to form a Washington corporation, and the importance of doing away with statutory preemptive rights held by shareholders.
CARES Act: How the Paycheck Protection Program Can Help Your Company
Congress has passed and President Trump signed into law on March 27 the Phase 3 COVID-19 Relief package commonly known as the “CARES ACT” in an attempt to provide financial relief to American...
Appeals Court Rules Seattle Income Tax Unconstitutional
In a decision issued on July 15, 2019, Division I of the Court of Appeals of Washington ruled that the 2017 City of Seattle 2.
The Rule 701 Math: How to do it
If you are a non-public company granting stock options or other compensatory equity awards, you need to be familiar with Rule 701 Math and in particular its mathematical limitations.
How to Form a Washington Corporation
[Update: the Washington legislature updated RCW 23B in 2020. This post, Washington Corporation, is out of date in some respects and was updated here.
IP Assignments & Confidentiality Agreements
My colleague Susan Schalla and I put together the below video chat on IP assignments and confidentiality agreements for Founders Live.
SEC Guidance on Crypto
If you are interested in how the SEC is thinking about crypto tokens as securities, we recommend you watch William Hinman's recent speech and read its transcript.
Taxation of Stock Options: Senate Bill Update
Taxation of Stock Options As of now, the Senate has abandoned the idea of taxing stock options as they vest.
Stock Option Taxation: The Senate's Tax Bill
Stock option taxation is a sensitive issue in startup land. Fred Wilson recently sounded the alarm about the Senate's proposal to tax stock options as they vest.