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Corporations: A New Player In The Venture Capital World Of Start-Ups
Editor: Please tell us about your background. O’Brien: In addition to being a partner and a member of the firm’s Corporate Practice Group, I head King & Spalding’s Emerging Company Practice Group. I was at Wilson Sonsini for many years in the 1980s and ’90s,...
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SEC’s Second Annual Report Summarizing Whistleblower Program Shows Little Change
On November 15, 2013, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) released its Annual Report to Congress on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program (the Report).[1] The Report is remarkable for three reasons. First, the Report shows that, despite very significant...
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Opt-Out Cases In Securities Class Action Settlements
Editor: Describe the reasons why you decided to focus on opt-out cases in securities class action settlements. Harris: There were several reasons. Amir and I both do a lot of work in the securities litigation area. One of my principal areas is as defense counsel in securities class actions. We...
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