The California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) was enacted in 2018 and becomes effective January 1, 2020. The CCPA gives consumers in California four basic privacy rights including: To know what personal information a business has about them, and from where (categorized) that personal information came or was sent; To request deletion of personal information…

The SEC’s Division of Enforcement has indicated that one of its focuses for 2018 was on retail investors. This focus has translated into increasing number of cases involving investment advisers. According to the Enforcement Division’s recently published reports, cases involving investment advisers and investment companies were the second largest group of actions in the last…

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…

In late 2013, seed accelerator YCombinator introduced the SAFE (simple agreement for future equity) – a convertible instrument designed to make seed stage investing quicker and less expensive. The SAFEs quickly became a popular structure for seed investing.  Early this fall, YCombinator introduced several changes to the SAFE, most significant among them is a change…