10,000 Startups: Legal Strategies for Startup Success

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In Gifford v. Sheil, Sydney Nicole Gifford sued fellow Alyssa Sheil for infringement based on Sheil’s alleged copying of her social media elements. Michael J. Lambert discusses the case. He is an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in Haynes Boone’s Austin office. He focuses on media, entertainment, intellectual property, and First Amendment litigation. Recognized by Best Lawyers as “Ones to Watch” (2023-2024), Michael has represented a wide range of clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts. Outside of court, he counsels clients on defamation, privacy, access, and newsgathering matters and advocates for legislative reforms advancing press freedoms. He also writes and speaks publicly about First Amendment, internet law, and anti-SLAPP issues.

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Yesterday President Trump announced a $500 billion project (Stargate) that will accelerate the development of AI in the USA.  Coincidentally, the California Attorney General last week issued legal advisories reminding consumers of their rights, and advising businesses and healthcare entities who develop, sell, or use artificial intelligence (AI) about their obligations under California law. Although AI technology is developing rapidly, entities must comply with existing California laws, as well as new laws that went into effect on January 1, 2025. The first legal advisory advises consumers and entities about their rights and obligations under the state’s consumer protection, civil rights, competition, and data privacy laws; the second advisory provides guidance specific to healthcare entities about their obligations under California law. The advisories provide guidance but are not intended to be comprehensive and do not identify all laws that may apply to the development and use of AI. 

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Elon Musk: "The reason I'm in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla, and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B."

Representative Ro Khanna: "...the H-1B program has been abused."

Senator Bernie Sanders: "The main function of the H-1B visa program and other guest worker initiatives is not to hire 'the best and the brightest,' but rather to replace good-paying American jobs with low-wage indentured servants from abroad."

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Annie Lawson advises corporations, partnerships, LLCs, and tax-exempt organizations on a variety of business planning and tax issues as well as the federal and state tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions. She assists clients with structuring new business ventures or restructuring the existing form to create efficiencies or prepare for sale. Annie is also a member of the Haynes Boone tax controversy team.

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Brady leads investor/partner relations for more than 2,500 individual Vint clients and partners though Vint's retail division and capital markets team. Previously, Brady has held client-facing roles related to stakeholder engagement, consumer credit, and direct sales. He was a Don Lavoie Fellow in Political Economies at the Mercatus Center, George Mason and is a graduate of Loyola University Maryland with a degree in rhetorical studies and philosophy. 

Experience working directly with HNW clients, C-suite, and advisors. Internal Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) and IRC Sections 1202 and 1045 SME.

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Nine out of ten startups that raise capital will shut down, but no one wants to deal with the process. Information and simplicity are the most critical when a founder finds themselves in a difficult situation and needs as much support as possible.

SimpleClosure helps startups shut down with software that can automate the process, saving hundreds of hours of work and tens of thousands of dollars.

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ach Prince’s practice encompasses all areas of government contract law. Zach counsels domestic and international clients on a wide range of issues, including compliance with federal and state regulations and statutes, bid protests, contract and subcontract drafting and negotiations, contract changes, claim preparation and disputes, cost allowability and cost accounting standards, price and cost reasonableness, export controls and national security issues, government audits, subcontractor management and disputes, due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, cybersecurity, grants and cooperative agreements, and protecting intellectual property rights when contracting with the government. His clients range from the largest traditional defense contractors, to small businesses, to non-traditional government contractors including commercial technology companies.

Zach is regularly engaged to support acquisitions. He has conducted diligence relating to Federal, state, and international government contracts, export controls, and national security risks in support of a variety of transactions. Such acquisitions include technology companies, service-providers, electronics manufacturers, and aerospace companies. The size of these deals has ranged from tens to hundreds of millions of dollars and include public companies.

Zach has experience litigating contract disputes in federal and state courts, before administrative bodies, and in national and international arbitral for a, including before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, the United States Government Accountability Office, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Virginia state courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and D.C. Superior Court.

Zach served as a law clerk for the Honorable Mary Ellen Coster Williams of the United States Court of Federal Claims. He is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at the George Washington University Law School and regularly lectures and writes on matters relating to government contracts. He is a member of the American Bar Association Section of Public Contracts Law, and currently serves as a Co-Chair on the Battlespace and Contingency Contracting Committee, and as a Vice-Chair on the Commercial Products and Services Committee and Intellectual Property Committee.

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Tony Mancini, CPA and I discuss the state of taxation of tech startups today including defending R&D credits on audit, surprising results of the 174 deduction, net operating loss limitations and the employee tax credit

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Roger Royse discusses the securities law exemptions that startups most commonly rely on - Rule 506(b) and 506(c)