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APRIL 1 New Regulation of Digital Platforms in Japan

MARCH 25 Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs): When Collecting Meets Crypto, Legal Challenges Abound

MARCH 17 FCC Lists Certain Chinese Telecom Equipment as National Security Risk

MARCH 15 Virginia is for Lovers and Now It’s for Lovers of Data Privacy

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MARCH 10 Going Public? IPO v. SPAC v. Direct Listing Quick Reference Guide

MARCH 8 Draft EU Adequacy Decision Paves the Way for Smooth EU-UK Data Flows Post-Brexit

MARCH 8 Reminder: NHTSA Updated Cybersecurity Best Practices—Comments Due by March 15, 2021

FEBRUARY 16 With CCPA Enforcement Here, O’Melveny Launches CCPA Case Tracker to Help Clients Stay Abreast of Litigation and Regulatory Developments

FEBRUARY 12 CDA Section 230: Its Past, Present, and Future

FEBRUARY 2 Commerce Department’s New Technology Supply Chain Rules Leave Many Unanswered Questions

JANUARY 28

Data Security and Privacy Predictions for 2021: 6 Issues to Watch

JANUARY 14 DOT Publishes “Comprehensive Plan” for Automated Vehicles

JANUARY 12 Momentum Year in Review

DECEMBER 30 New COVID-19 Relief Package Revives and Expands Paycheck Protection Program

DECEMBER 29

SEC Reopens the Door for Companies to Raise Capital through Direct Listings on the NYSE

DECEMBER 23

Proposed CA Legislation Targets Use of Algorithms by Financial Service Business and Digital and Software-Based Companies

DECEMBER 22 NHTSA Revisits Previous Guidance on FMVSS Test Procedures

DECEMBER 15 New FTC Enforcement Action Reminds Fintechs of Consumer Protection Pitfalls

DECEMBER 3 O’Melveny Artificial Intelligence Lawyers Offer Example AI Policy to Help Companies Mitigate AI Bias Risks

DECEMBER 1

Staying Ahead of the EU Data-Protection Curve

NOVEMBER 24

The SEC’s Most Recent No-Action Letter on Digital Assets—Is the SEC Moving Beyond a Closed Box for Digital Asset Issuers?

NOVEMBER 23 Constructing a Workplace Environment That Rejects Sexual Harassment

NOVEMBER 20 NHTSA Seeks Public Comment On Wide Range of Automated Driving Safety Topics

NOVEMBER 20 Bloomberg Law: Avoiding Human Bias in Artificial Intelligence

NOVEMBER 19 SEC Adopts Changes to Harmonize Private Offering Exemptions

NOVEMBER 17 Video: Data Security & Privacy in the Age of COVID – A Conversation with Lisa Monaco and John Dermody

NOVEMBER 16 Going-Private Transactions of Listed Subsidiaries are Driving M&A Activity in Japan

NOVEMBER 9

Voter-Approved Privacy Law Could Mean Big Changes for Big Tech

NOVEMBER 4 New Strings Attached? SBA Requires PPP Recipients to Re-Prove Need for $2 Million+ Loans

NOVEMBER 3 The Recorder: BitMEX Indictment Warns of New Department of Justice Approach on AML Program Failures

OCTOBER 26

DOJ Stakes a Claim in Cryptocurrency Enforcement with Publication of Broad New Framework

OCTOBER 22 Japan Enacts Significant Amendments to its Data Privacy Law, Opening the Door to Restrictions on Foreign Businesses Doing Business in Japan

OCTOBER 9 Treasury Issues New Guidance on Risks of Ransomware Payments

OCTOBER 1 Preliminary Injunctions Delay Implementation of Commerce Department Orders Targeting TikTok and WeChat

SEPTEMBER 8

SEC Amends “Accredited Investor” and “Qualified Institutional Buyer” Definitions under the Securities Act

SEPTEMBER 3 California Legislature Passes Bill Extending CCPA Exemptions

SEPTEMBER 2 Wall Stays Up a Bit Longer: The SEC Stays Its Approval of the NYSE’s Primary Direct Listing Rules

AUGUST 28 Another Brick Out of the Wall: NYSE and the SEC Open the Door for Companies to Raise Capital through Direct Listings

AUGUST 21 Trump Administration Continues to Target TikTok and Huawei

JULY 23 Mainstreaming Digital Asset Custody? OCC Greenlights Digital Asset Custody Services for Crypto Assets

JULY 17

AML Compliance After the Blockchain Twitter Hack: How “SAR” Down the Rabbit Hole to Go?

JUNE 17 Survey of Global Artificial Intelligence Regulation: An Evolving and Varied Landscape

MAY 11 Protecting Your Brand in the Midst of a Pandemic

MAY 11 “The Pessimists Archive” Podcast: The Good That Comes From Pandemics

APRIL 24 US$484 Billion in New Funds for CARES Act Small Business Loans and Health Care Programs

APRIL 15 California Attorney General Reinforces Need for CCPA Compliance

APRIL 14 SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program

APRIL 14 Discovering a Discovery Rule in Crypto Cases? The Uphill Struggle Plaintiffs Face in Trying to Resurrect Time-Barred ICO Claims

APRIL 7 CARES Act Enforcement Risks

APRIL 3 CARES Act: Direct Loans to Non-Investment Grade Businesses and Federal Reserve Liquidity Facilities

APRIL 2 CPO Magazine: Here Come 5G IoT Devices: What Is “Reasonable Security”?

MARCH 31 Managing COVID-19 Privacy Issues—A Checklist for Mitigating Legal Risk

MARCH 30 COVID-19: Stimulus to Provide Unprecedented Government Assistance to US Businesses

MARCH 29 SBA Affiliation Rules: Funding for Venture-Backed Companies under the CARES Act

MARCH 25 European Antitrust in the Time of COVID-19

MARCH 20 President Trump Invokes the Defense Production Act

MARCH 19 Families First Coronavirus Response Act Is Signed Into Law

MARCH 16 Coronavirus Task Force Podcast: Former Homeland Security Advisor Lisa Monaco on How Companies Can Manage the Coronavirus Crisis

MARCH 16 O’Melveny Coronavirus Task Force: Data Security and Privacy Considerations During the COVID-19 Response

MARCH 13 The European Commission Proposes Artificial Intelligence Regulations That Could Reach Businesses Worldwide

MARCH 5 Guidance for Employers Regarding Coronavirus

MARCH 4 Video: Direct Listings – A New Path to Going Public

MARCH 4 Video: ABCs of a Benefit Corporation

FEBRUARY 25 Heads Up: AML and Economic Sanctions Moves the Crypto Industry Should Watch for From Regulators in 2020

FEBRUARY 18 Attorney General Xavier Becerra Releases Modified CCPA Regulations

FEBRUARY 11 Indictment of Chinese Military Hackers for Equifax Breach Highlights Important Data Security Lessons

JANUARY 29 O’Melveny Releases State-by-State Guide to US Data Breach Notification Laws

JANUARY 27

EU Advocate General Opinion Is a Mixed Bag for Companies Engaging in US-EU Data Transfers

JANUARY 23 Supreme Court Leaves the Door Open for Expansive Biometric Privacy Lawsuits

JANUARY 21 Momentum Year in Review

JANUARY 21 What’s Next in Data Security and Privacy? 6 Trends to Watch in 2020

JANUARY 17 California Announces Revamp of Consumer Protection Regime in Place of Sidelined CFPB

JANUARY 15 Failure to Apply Recent Microsoft Patch May Create Legal Liabilities

JANUARY 14 Treasury Finalizes New CFIUS Regulations

JANUARY 8 California Attorney General Notifies California Consumers of Their Rights Under the California Consumer Privacy Act

JANUARY 5 Open Source Software Licensing Basics for Corporate Users

DECEMBER 19 O’Melveny Releases CCPA Toolkit, A Resource for California’s New Privacy Law

DECEMBER 17 Top 8 Considerations for Significant Stockholders in an IPO

DECEMBER 13 NYSE Resubmits Proposal to Enable Capital Raises Through Direct Listings

DECEMBER 11 EDPB Finalizes Guidance on GDPR Applicability Outside EU

DECEMBER 9 SEC Rejects NYSE’s Proposed Direct Listing Rules, Precluding Capital Raises Through Direct Listing For Now

DECEMBER 4 Another Brick Out of the Wall: NYSE Opens the Door for Companies to Raise Capital Through Direct Listings

DECEMBER 3 Commerce Seeks Comment on Telecom Supply Chain Review Process

NOVEMBER 18 Getting Prepared for New York’s Expanded Security Breach and Data Security Requirements

NOVEMBER 6

Momentum Minutes: Going Public? How to Determine Whether a Direct Listing Is Right for You

NOVEMBER 5 New Suit Against Spyware-Maker Demonstrates One Company’s Offensive Strategy Against Cyber Attacks

OCTOBER 15 Attorney General Xavier Becerra Releases CCPA Regulations Draft

OCTOBER 10 Cryptocurrency Industry and Investors Receive New Guidance on Key Tax Issues

OCTOBER 9 BlockTribune: The Cryptic Case of Cryptocurrency Security Interests — Have You Properly Perfected Your Interest In Cryptocurrency And Blockchain-Based Assets?

OCTOBER 3

The Government Is Wielding Sticks and Carrots to Address National Security Concerns in the Telecommunications Sector

SEPTEMBER 30 Treasury Issues Long-Awaited Proposed CFIUS Regulations

SEPTEMBER 27 The Group Behind the CCPA Aims to Strengthen it with a New Ballot Initiative

SEPTEMBER 16 California Legislature Passes Amendments to Privacy Law

SEPTEMBER 13 California Lawmakers Send AB5 to Governor’s Desk

SEPTEMBER 12 Token Alliance Releases 2019 Edition of Best Practices Guide For Digital Tokens – AML Guidelines: O’Melveny Lawyers Serve As Expert Contributors

SEPTEMBER 2 Blockchain Tech News: How Blockchain Fits in the Privacy Legal Landscape

AUGUST 14 Token Alliance Releases 2019 Edition of Best Practices Guide For Digital Tokens: O’Melveny Lawyers Serve As Expert Contributors

JULY 31 Webinar Recap: Technology Companies’ Guide to Data Privacy

JULY 22 Trademark Primer for New Companies

JULY 12 PaymentsSource: The SEC’s Crypto Moves Are at Odds With Its Own Mission

JUNE 18 Consumer Data and Privacy: Nevada Gets a Jump on Opt-Out Rights

JUNE 7 Department of Transportation Requests Comment on Automated Vehicle Proposed Rulemakings

JUNE 5 Video: Cryptocurrency Insights: Emerging Trends

JUNE 3 Many Early-Stage Companies Could See Substantial Benefits from Opportunity Zone Tax Incentives

MAY 28 California Consumer Privacy Act Update: A Slow Road to Changing the Face of US Privacy Law

MAY 16

FinCEN SPEAKS CRYPTO: Extensive New Guidance for ICOs, Digital Wallets, DApps, Trading Platforms, Decentralized Exchanges, and others in the Blockchain and Crypto Space

APRIL 26 FinCEN Lays Down a New Marker in Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement

MARCH 5 The SEC’s Most Recent ICO Enforcement Action: A Possible SEC Enforcement Action Roadmap for Unregistered Offerings?

FEBRUARY 26 Cybersecurity Is an Affair of States Too

FEBRUARY 7

Blockchain and Antitrust: Emerging Issues for Businesses

FEBRUARY 1 Illinois State Supreme Court Issues Important Decision on Standing Requirements Under Biometric Privacy Law

JANUARY 26

O’Melveny’s Fintech Group: Quick Facts

JANUARY 23

Momentum Year in Review

JANUARY 9 Blockchain and Antitrust: How Counsel Can Mitigate Risk

JANUARY 4 What the US’ Pursuit of Foreign Nation-state Hackers Means for Cybercrime Victims and Targets

JANUARY 4 Expanded CFPB Sandbox Promises Greater Protections for Fintech and Other Financial Services Companies

DECEMBER 13 New UK Digital Services Tax Proposals Would Impact Non-UK Technology Firms

DECEMBER 11 The Presumption of Token Innocence: Not a Security Until Proven a Security?

NOVEMBER 27 A Tale of Two Token Sales: the SEC Offers a Path Forward for Certain Unregistered Token Sales

NOVEMBER 27

CFIUS Update: Interim Regulations, FIRRMA Pilot Program, and Proposed Rulemaking on Emerging Technologies

NOVEMBER 5 Venture-Backed M&A: Hot Topics and Recent Developments in 2018

OCTOBER 11 DOJ Revises Guidance on Responding to Cyber Incidents

OCTOBER 9

Video: Automated and Connected Vehicles - Promises and Risks

OCTOBER 9 DOT Publishes Automated Vehicle Guidance Version “3.0”

OCTOBER 8 Fintech: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance 101

OCTOBER 5 Video: Fintech Regulation and Enforcement - What You Need to Know

OCTOBER 1 California Amends Its New Privacy Law - Understand the Key Changes

OCTOBER 1 California Mandates Board Gender Quota at Public Companies Headquartered in California

SEPTEMBER 14 Regulators Take Action Against Crypto Businesses

AUGUST 6 How Important is the Government’s New Regulatory Sandbox for Crypto?

AUGUST 3 Parties to Cost Sharing Agreements Must Share the Costs and Deductions of Stock-Based Compensation

JULY 30 Best Practices for Token Sales Released by the Token Alliance

JULY 4 The Intersection of Cryptocurrency and Open Source

JULY 2 SEC Adopts Inline XBRL Requirements for Financial Data

JUNE 29 California Legislature Passes Sweeping Privacy Law

JUNE 25 FTC Seeking Input on Topics to be Explored at Public Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century

JUNE 22 High Court Says Patent Owners Can Recover Foreign Damages

JUNE 21 Supreme Court Permits States to Impose Tax on Retailers without a Physical Presence in those States

MAY 31 GDPR Enforcement: Looking Ahead

MAY 29

Stricter Regulation of Foreign Investments Advances on Two Fronts: CFIUS Reform Legislation and Restrictions on Investments from China

MAY 11

How Does a Company’s Choice of Early Stage Investors Affect Investors in Later Rounds?

MAY 8 Testing the Cryptocurrency Patent Waters

MAY 3 California Supreme Court Adopts ABC Employee Classification Test

APRIL 10

Preparing for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

APRIL 4 The Impact of the Emerging AML Landscape in the EU on Cryptocurrency

MARCH 30 A Quick-Start Token Sale Compliance Guide

MARCH 26

Momentum: How Can Companies Leverage Tech and Talent from Universities?

MARCH 16

Do All ICO Issuers Have to Register as Money Service Businesses with FinCEN?

MARCH 1

Finding Your Momentum: Key Issues for Tech Companies

FEBRUARY 28 SEC Supplements 2011 Cybersecurity Disclosure Guidance

FEBRUARY 28 California Finalizes Regulations for Autonomous Vehicles

FEBRUARY 27 Listing of pre-revenue biotech companies in Hong Kong – latest updates

FEBRUARY 8 Five Crypto-Securities Trends That Spell More Lawsuits in 2018

JANUARY 23 Crypto Roundup: SEC and CFTC Chairs, Commissioners, and Enforcement Directors Issue Stern Public Statements on Cryptographic and Virtual Assets

JANUARY 17 Israel’s Information and Communications Technology Authority Bows to Pressure to Comply with Affero GPL

JANUARY 11 Crypto Enforcement: SEC Continues to Scrutinize Cryptocurrency-Related Activities

JANUARY 10 Venture Secondary 101: A How-To Guide for Companies & Investors

JANUARY 10 GDPR Enforcement on the Horizon: Addressing Tricky Questions and Answers

DECEMBER 26 California Implements Stricter Auto-Renewal Law for 2018

DECEMBER 22 SEC Deems Munchee Cryptocurrency Token a Security

DECEMBER 11 ICOs and Securities Suits

OCTOBER 25 SEC Proposes to Modernize and Simplify Public Company Disclosures

OCTOBER 23 Data Security and Open Source, 2017 Update

OCTOBER 23 More Answers on Noncompetes from 7th Circuit

SEPTEMBER 25 SEC Publishes Alert Describing Most Common Advertising Rule Violations

SEPTEMBER 21 MOFCOM Consults on Revised Merger Rules

SEPTEMBER 19 Best Practices: Managing Impacts of the Theft of Personal Information

SEPTEMBER 18 US Still Open for Business — But Planning Required

SEPTEMBER 6 US House Unanimously Passes Automated Vehicle Legislation

AUGUST 28 SEC Publishes New Guidance and Policy Positions Affirming Both EGCs and Non-EGCs May Omit Additional Interim Financial Information from Initial IPO Filings

AUGUST 28 Left of Boom Podcast: Artificial Intelligence & Quantum Computing

AUGUST 25 SEC’s Mandatory HTML Format and Exhibit Hyperlink Requirements Become Effective on September 1

AUGUST 17 GDPR: Client Toolkit

AUGUST 9 Forbes.com Column: China Enforces First Action Under Developing Cyber Security Law

AUGUST 8 Use of Drones for Conservation Surveillance – Benefits and Regulatory Hurdles in the US

AUGUST 1 IPOs: Public Announcement of Confidential IPO Submissions

JULY 27 Are Initial Coin Offerings the Offer of Securities?

JULY 17

SEC Staff Expands Nonpublic Review Process for Registration Statements and Announces Related Accommodations

JUNE 12

Podcast: HHS Releases Cybersecurity Task Force Report

JUNE 5 What to Expect From the SEC’s New Cyber-Savvy Chair

JUNE 2 One Year Until GDPR Enforcement: Five Steps Companies Should Take Now

MAY 30 Supreme Court Expands Scope of Patent Exhaustion

MAY 24 DC Circuit Strikes Down FAA Regulations for Drone Registration

MAY 22 TC Heartland

MAY 12 President Signs Executive Order on Cybersecurity

MAY 3 Court Upholds Enforceability of Open Source Licenses

APRIL 26 China’s Cyberspace Body Issues Draft on Cross-Border Data Flow Controls

APRIL 18 HHS Settlement with Healthcare Provider Underscores Importance of Preventative Cybersecurity Measures

APRIL 12 SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance Suspends Portion of Conflict Minerals Reporting Requirement

APRIL 6 New York City Pension Funds to Adopt Policy Against Virtual-Only Shareholder Meetings

MARCH 21 Blockchain and Financial Services: Hype or Herald?

MARCH 14 California DMV Proposes Autonomous Vehicle Regulations

FEBRUARY 28 Video: Cybersecurity in 2017: Industry Trends and Best Practices

FEBRUARY 27 Israel: The Next Key Player in the Cybersecurity Industry

FEBRUARY 22 Fundraising After the IPO: Seven Capital-Raising Strategies to Consider for Life Science Companies

DECEMBER 12 Michigan Enacts New Autonomous Vehicle Legislation

NOVEMBER 29 China’s Cyber Security Law: Can Foreign Parties Sue China’s Technology Companies for Violating the Law?

NOVEMBER 22 Judge Enjoins Implementation of Department of Labor’s Overtime Regulation

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APRIL 8 O’Melveny Advises Samsung Display on US$1.5 Billion Sale of Shares in Corning and in Extension of Investment Relationship

APRIL 6 Law.com: Miami Cryptocurrency Antitrust Case Could Provide Blueprint for Other Litigation

APRIL 2 Forbes: Your AI HR Partner: Welcome To 21st Century Job Recruitment

APRIL 1 O’Melveny Advises rfXcel In Antares Vision Group Acquisition

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MARCH 23 Above The Law: Consumer Privacy Protection: Are You Up To Speed On The CCPA?

MARCH 16 Global Legal Chronicle: Looped's US$7.7 Million Seed Financing

MARCH 15 O’Melveny Represents Synaptics Inc. in Sale of US$400 Million Senior Unsecured Notes and Extension of Credit Agreement

MARCH 15 ABA’s Our Curious Amalgam Podcast: Is It Time to Rethink Section 230? The Debate Over the Liability Exemption for Internet Platforms

MARCH 11 Law360: COVID Inflamed Damaging Year For Data Breach Victims

MARCH 10

Mergermarket: Envy Gaming raises USD 40m Series C round led by Gray Television

MARCH 4 O’Melveny Advises Looped on $7.7 Million Seed Financing

MARCH 3 Cybersecurity Law Report: Six Ways to Address Privacy Concerns in Biometric Vendor Contracts

MARCH 2 O’Melveny Advises Elastic in Development of “Elastic License v2”

FEBRUARY 28 SupplyChainBrain: Watch: The Coming of Automated Vehicles in Industrial Environments

FEBRUARY 4 TechNews World: Is 2021 the Year Cyberattacks Force Privacy Laws to Grow Some Teeth?

FEBRUARY 3 Law.com: In-House Lawyers, Rev Up for Self-Driving Vehicles

JANUARY 28 O’Melveny Represents Splashtop in Reaching US$1 Billion+ Unicorn Level with US$50 Million Funding

JANUARY 27 O’Melveny Advises Roostify on $32 Million Financing Round

JANUARY 15 Law360: NY, FTC Lead Charge To Expand Biometric Privacy Shields

JANUARY 5 Top Internet and Data Privacy Lawyer Tod Cohen Joins O’Melveny

JANUARY 5 The American Lawyer: In-House Leader for Twitter, eBay and StubHub Joins O’Melveny

JANUARY 5 Law360: Ex-Twitter Deputy General Counsel Joins O’Melveny

JANUARY 5 Law.com: Legal Tech’s Predictions for Tech Regulation in 2021

JANUARY 3 Law360: How Ransomware Will Continue Wreaking Havoc In 2021

DECEMBER 22 Chambers Ranks O’Melveny Among Best Fintech Firms

DECEMBER 16 O’Melveny Represents Diversis and ArrowStream in Deal with Tailwind Capital

DECEMBER 14

Law360: Fintech Group of the Year - O’Melveny

DECEMBER 2

Global Legal Chronicle: Diversis Capital’s Investment In RFi Group Investment

DECEMBER 2

Global Legal Chronicle: Strava’s US$110 Million Series F Financing Round

DECEMBER 1 O’Melveny Garners Five Law360 “Practice Groups of the Year” Awards

NOVEMBER 18

The Deal: Strava Capital Loads for Sports App Performance

NOVEMBER 17

O’Melveny Advises Diversis Capital in RFi Group Investment

NOVEMBER 17 O’Melveny Represents Urovant in Its Sale to Sumitovant

NOVEMBER 17

TAG Cyber Law Journal: 10 Questions About California’s Newest Privacy Law

NOVEMBER 17 Private Equity Wire: O’Melveny Represents MindTickle in US$100m Funding Led by Softbank Vision Fund 2

NOVEMBER 16

O’Melveny Advises Strava on US$110 Million Financing Led by TCV and Sequoia

NOVEMBER 16 O’Melveny Advises Kayne Partners in Investment in Wholesale Auto Platform Signal Automotive

NOVEMBER 16

O’Melveny Represents MindTickle in US$100 Million Funding Led by Softbank Vision Fund 2

NOVEMBER 16 O’Melveny Represents Viva Biotech in its US$387.3 Million Acquisition of Langhua Pharmaceutical and US$135.4 Million Share Placement

NOVEMBER 12 O’Melveny Represents Pharmaron in its US$137.5 Million Acquisition of US-based Absorption Systems

NOVEMBER 10 O’Melveny Advises SigOpt on Sale to Intel

NOVEMBER 9 O’Melveny Represents RemeGen in World’s Largest BioPharma Primary Listing and IPO of 2020

NOVEMBER 5 O’Melveny Partners Melody Drummond Hansen and Eric Sibbitt are Named “2020 California Trailblazers”

NOVEMBER 4 Corporate Counsel: O’Melveny Launches New Corporate-Facing Online Legal Resource

NOVEMBER 2 O’Melveny Represents Sponsors and Underwriters in the US$1.67 Billion Hong Kong Secondary Listing of GDS Holdings Limited

OCTOBER 30 The American Lawyer: Hire Up - Cloud-Based Firm Continues Growth Amid Pandemic

OCTOBER 29 Veteran Technology Dealmaker Viqar Shariff Joins O’Melveny’s Emerging Companies Group in New York

OCTOBER 29 Bloomberg Law: O’Melveny Hires Tech Industry Veteran for Startup Practice

OCTOBER 29

Reuters Legal: New York Tech Dealmaker Returns to Big Law After Finance, Startup Stints

OCTOBER 28 O’Melveny Launches “The Boardroom”

OCTOBER 27 O’Melveny Advises Simcere in its US$461 million Hong Kong IPO

OCTOBER 24 Cointelegraph: How US Authorities are Using Old AML Tools to Crack Down on Crypto

OCTOBER 20

The Deal: M&A Transaction - Cree Inc.’s LED business

OCTOBER 19 O’Melveny Advises SMART Global Holdings on Entry into an Acquisition Agreement for Cree, Inc.’s LED Products Business

OCTOBER 19

Associated Press: SMART Global Holdings to Acquire Cree’s LED Business

OCTOBER 15 O’Melveny Represents Menlo Micro in US$44 Million Series B Funding

OCTOBER 8 Law360: DOJ Cyber Task Force Issues Crypto Enforcement Blueprint

OCTOBER 7 Daily Journal Names Almeling, Snyder 2020 “Top Trade Secrets Lawyers”

OCTOBER 5 Mergermarket: SMART Global Eyeing M&A Under New CEO; ‘Significant Transactions’ Possible

SEPTEMBER 30 MLex Market Insight: US Federal Judge Poses Questions on Antitrust Injury, Market Definition in First Cryptocurrency Antitrust Suit

SEPTEMBER 23 Law360: 6 Tips For Employers Tackling Post-Virus Telework Requests

SEPTEMBER 3 ICLG.com: Post Malone Gains Stake in Envy Gaming

SEPTEMBER 2 O’Melveny Advises Envy Gaming as it Adds Post Malone to Ownership Group

AUGUST 17 O’Melveny Welcomes Leading Securities Litigator in Silicon Valley

AUGUST 10 O’Melveny Represents ADT in Partnership With Google to Create Smart Home Security Offering

JULY 20 O’Melveny Advises Synaptics on Acquisition of DisplayLink

JULY 20 O’Melveny Represents New Sports Content Studio game1

JULY 20 Sports Business Journal: O’Melveny To Rep Upstart Sports Content Studio Game1

JULY 13 Bloomberg Law: Autonomous Vehicles and Software, Regulatory Challenges—A Conversation

JULY 10 Law360: 6 Firms Steer Trio Of Biotech IPOs Totaling US$584M

JULY 7 O’Melveny Advises Synaptics in Acquisition of Rights to Broadcom’s Wireless IoT Connectivity Business

JULY 7 The Deal: Synaptics Buys Wireless IoT Assets From Broadcom

JULY 2 Legaltech News: Facial Recognition Bans Could Intensify Scrutiny Over Private Sector’s Tech

JUNE 30 The Deal: Insurance Acquisition SPAC Buys Shift Technologies

MAY 28 O’Melveny’s Momentum Team Joins Forces with UBS to Help Women Founders

MAY 13 Mergermarket: Limbix Eyeing Series B Next Year to Commercialize Digital Therapeutic for Depression, CEO Says

APRIL 27 Law360: Crypto Co. Slams Dismissal Bids In Bitcoin Cash Antitrust Suit

APRIL 20 O’Melveny Closes Sale of Four Chinese Manufacturing Plants for TTM Technologies

APRIL 14 Law360: COVID-19 Hacks Bring Cyber Hygiene Into Sharp Focus

APRIL 3 ZDNet: Huawei Changes its Patent story

MARCH 31 Private Equity Wire: O’Melveny Advises WeWork on Meetup Sale

MARCH 30 O’Melveny Advises WeWork on Sale of Meetup

MARCH 30 Law360: Coalition Says Bitcoin Cash ‘Hijack’ Claims Again Fall Short

MARCH 6 TheStreet.com: Coronavirus Fears Could Put a Chill on Tech IPOs

MARCH 3 Daily Journal: Autotech Ventures

FEBRUARY 20 O’Melveny Acts for Autotech Ventures on Digital Motors Investment

FEBRUARY 6 O’Melveny and Electronic Frontier Foundation Score Landmark Win for Open Source Pioneer Bruce Perens

FEBRUARY 5 O’Melveny Acts for Cepton on US$50 Million Investment from Koito

JANUARY 16 O’Melveny Advises Kayne Partners in Series A Investment in Spatial Networks

NOVEMBER 7 O’Melveny Advises UE Authority on Acquisition by Digital Media Solutions

OCTOBER 24 O’Melveny Joins Forces with M Accelerator, Offering Exclusive Legal Guidance to the LA Incubator’s Innovative Startups

OCTOBER 17 O’Melveny Advises Orkus on Acquisition by SailPoint Technologies Holdings

SEPTEMBER 30 O’Melveny Advises Industry-led Crypto Rating Council on Development and Launch of Rating System for Crypto Assets

AUGUST 27 O’Melveny Represents Honeywell in Strategic Investment in Theatro

AUGUST 1 O’Melveny Represents MindTickle in US$40 Million Series C Funding Round

AUGUST 1

O’Melveny Advises Honeywell in Investment in Canadian Robotics Company Attabotics

JULY 25

O’Melveny Represents Electronics For Imaging in Closing of US$1.7 Billion Acquisition by Siris Affiliate

JULY 12 O’Melveny Represents Mesmer in US$15M Series A Funding Round

JULY 9 O’Melveny Represents SMART Global Holdings in Acquisitions of Artesyn Embedded Computing and Inforce Computing

JULY 2

WeWork Acquires Waltz

JUNE 28 Daily Journal Names Drummond Hansen a 2019 “Top Artificial Intelligence Lawyer”

JUNE 26 O’Melveny Launches MediaTech Group, Aims to Take Silicon Beach

MAY 20 Snyder and Yagura Named Daily Journal 2019 “Top Intellectual Property Lawyers”

APRIL 16 O’Melveny Represents Barco in Strategic Partnership with Caresyntax

APRIL 16 Meeker Named one of Business Insider’s “10 People Transforming Tech”

APRIL 15 O’Melveny Represents Electronics For Imaging in Agreement to be Acquired by Affiliate of Siris for US$1.7 Billion

MARCH 27 O’Melveny Advises Quantenna Communications on $1.07B Sale

MARCH 25 PYMNTS: New IoT Security Bill Exposes Rising Data Protection, Safety Concerns

FEBRUARY 6

Augury to Acquire Alluvium

JANUARY 30 O’Melveny Advises Gladly in Raising US$50 Million in Funding

JANUARY 23 O’Melveny Represents Helic in Sale to ANSYS

JANUARY 22 O’Melveny Advises AutoGrid on Equity Investment From Shell Ventures

JANUARY 11 O’Melveny Represents Kayne to Provide Equity Funding for Decisiv

JANUARY 8 O’Melveny Advises StarVest on Sale of Host Analytics

JANUARY 8 With O’Melveny as Advisor, Avid is Acquired by Sophos

DECEMBER 26 CBS This Morning: Parents concerned internet-connected toys put kids’ privacy at risk

DECEMBER 6 American Lawyer: Spread of Autonomous Vehicle Technology Fosters Opportunities for Lawyers

NOVEMBER 29 Chambers Ranks O'Melveny's Fintech Practice as One of the Nation's Best

NOVEMBER 9 Finisar to be Acquired by II-VI Incorporated for US$3.2 Billion

NOVEMBER 7 Westwood One Radio Network: Automated Vehicle Safety

NOVEMBER 7 The Recorder Names Meeker Among its “Women Leaders in Tech Law 2018”

OCTOBER 31 O’Melveny Launches Automated Vehicles Roadmap

OCTOBER 29 OnShift, Inc. Receives Strategic Equity Investment

OCTOBER 24

Dome9 Acquired by Cyber Security Giant Check Point

OCTOBER 12 Foundry College Secures $6 Million in Funding

OCTOBER 8 ConvergeOne Acquires Advantel Networks

SEPTEMBER 24 HID Global Acquires Crossmatch

SEPTEMBER 17 Lucid Motors Receives US$1 Billion+ Investment from Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia

SEPTEMBER 4 Sibbitt Named to National Law Journal’s List of Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, and Fintech Trailblazers

AUGUST 22

ScanSource Acquires Canpango

AUGUST 8 Skyworks to Acquire Avnera

JULY 25 Pink Discusses California Consumer Privacy Act with Digital Detectives Podcast

JUNE 5 Meeker Discusses Open Source in The Recorder

MAY 18 DigiLens Receives Additional Investment from Continental

MAY 11 Loop Commerce to be Acquired by Synchrony

MAY 3 Managing Intellectual Property Names Two O’Melveny Partners Among Top 250 Women in IP

MARCH 2

The Deal: Lazarow Ushers Longtime Client Microsemi Through Sale

MARCH 1 Microsemi to be Acquired by Microchip for US$10.15 Billion

FEBRUARY 16 ConvergeOne to Acquire Arrow Electronics’ Systems Integration Business

FEBRUARY 13

DJ Dealmakers: Meisel Featured for MOVE Guides Deal

FEBRUARY 12

Cedexis Acquired by Citrix

FEBRUARY 6

DJ Dealmakers Features Makarechian for Advising Mezi in Acquisition by AmEx

FEBRUARY 2

Skyview Capital Sells Digital Fuel to Apptio

FEBRUARY 1

MOVE Guides Acquires Polaris Global Mobility

FEBRUARY 1 O’Melveny to Add Prominent M&A and Private Equity Team

JANUARY 30

Mezi to be Acquired by American Express

JANUARY 26 O’Melveny Highly Ranked by World Trademark Review 1000

JANUARY 24 O’Melveny Lands on Law360 List of Firms Filing the Most Patent Suits

JANUARY 22 O’Melveny Files Amicus Brief in Landmark Supreme Court Privacy Case

JANUARY 20 Sugino Discusses Japanese Tech Opportunities in Japan Today

JANUARY 18 Former Top Lawyer with Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General Joins O’Melveny’s White Collar and Fintech Practices

JANUARY 9 Meeker Discusses Trends in Open Source Software and the Law on “Unprecedented” Podcast

DECEMBER 22 O'Melveny Scores Win for Niantic in Northern District Patent Case

DECEMBER 15

China Securities Corporate Finance Company Limited Underwrites Digital Hollywood Interactive IPO

DECEMBER 4

TTM Technologies Acquires Anaren for US$775 Million

NOVEMBER 28 O’Melveny Advises Leapforce on its Acquisition by Appen Limited

NOVEMBER 20 O’Melveny Participates in Fintech Workshop Featuring Early Stage Startups

NOVEMBER 2 Orr Quoted in Law360 on V2V Technology

NOVEMBER 1

Waycare Raises US$2.3 Million to Provide AI Driven Transportation Management Solutions for Smart Cities

OCTOBER 27 O’Melveny Lawyers Offer Guidance on Responding to Ransomware Attacks in Corporate Counsel Article

OCTOBER 26 O'Melveny Advises Microsemi on US$130 Million Agreement to Acquire High Performance Timing Business of Vectron International

OCTOBER 5 Skorpios Technologies Acquires Novati Technologies LLC

OCTOBER 2 Cloud4Wi’s US$11.5 Million Series B Financing Co-Led by Opus Capital

OCTOBER 2 Simmons Named Among Recorder’s 2017 Women Leaders in Tech Law

SEPTEMBER 22 Drummond Hansen Quoted in CNN Coverage of New Self-Driving Cars Guidelines

SEPTEMBER 19 AmLaw Covers New Federal Guidance for Autonomous Vehicle Manufacturers

SEPTEMBER 19 HID Global to Acquire Mercury Security, Expanding its Leadership in Access Control

AUGUST 28 Tips to Secure IP During Corporate Transitions

AUGUST 25 Translarity Acquires BucklingBeam to Deliver Advanced Probe Card Solutions for Technology Acceleration

AUGUST 11 Cheng Discusses Early Enforcement of China’s Cybersecurity Law with Bloomberg BNA

AUGUST 11 O’Melveny’s Access Technology Ventures Deal Highlighted in Law360

AUGUST 10 Access Technology Ventures Leads US$300 Million Investment Round for Essential Products, Inc.

JULY 19 Basis Set Ventures Leads US$7 Million Series A Financing for Clara Labs

JULY 12 Law360 Notes O’Melveny’s Involvement in Stack Media Sale

JULY 12 Transfix Raises US$42 Million Series C Funding Round

JULY 11 EUV Photoresist Pioneer Inpria Raises US$23.5 Million in Series B Funding Led by Samsung Ventures

JULY 11 Symantec Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Skycure

JULY 11 STACK Media Acquired by Blue Star Sports

JULY 11 Cheng Discusses Chinese Law Regulating Facial Recognition

JUNE 30 Autotech Ventures Leads Work Truck Solutions’ US$5 Million Series B Financing

JUNE 27

Buyer Consortium to Privatize Hong Kong-Listed Pharma Co. Shandong Luoxin

JUNE 23 Law360 Features O’Melveny Deal in its “Don’t Miss It” Column

JUNE 21 FuboTV Closes US$55 Million Series C Funding Round

JUNE 16 O’Melveny Deals Featured in Law360’s “Don’t Miss It” Column

JUNE 14

Conexant to be Acquired by Synaptics to Boost Technology Portfolio

JUNE 13 LegalTech Quotes Bunnell on Cybersecurity Threats

JUNE 12 Raj Parses China’s Cybersecurity Law in Legaltech News

JUNE 9 Wall Street Journal Quotes Bunnell on Federal Healthcare Cybersecurity Report

JUNE 7 IAM Patent 1000 Describes O’Melveny as a ‘Formidable Player’ in Patent Litigation

JUNE 5 Gray, McKegney Discuss New SEC Chair in New York Law Journal

MAY 30 Daily Journal Highlights O’Melveny’s Apteligent Deal

MAY 30 Daily Journal Notes O’Melveny’s Representation of AKUA in Series Seed Financing

MAY 24

Resolve Systems to be Acquired by Insight Venture Partners

MAY 24 O’Melveny’s Addition of Scott Pink Receives Media Coverage

MAY 23 O’Melveny Lawyers Author Article on Initial Artifex Ruling for Law360

MAY 22 O’Melveny Adds Intellectual Property Counselor to Silicon Valley Office

MAY 16

AKUA Raises US$3 Million in Series Seed Funding Round

MAY 9 Beasley Discusses International IP Developments in CBLJ

MAY 5 Bunnell Reviews Draft Task Force Report on Health Care Industry’s Cybersecurity in Politico, Modern Healthcare

APRIL 21

Gladly Completes US$36 Million Series C Financing

APRIL 20

Sapho Completes Series B Financing

APRIL 19

Dome9 Raises US$16.5 Million in Series C Funding Round

APRIL 18 Platinum Equity To Acquire American Traffic Solutions

APRIL 7 O’Melveny Advises SEEK International on Merger Agreement with Zhaopin

MARCH 29 O’Melveny Advises BRG in Connection with US$62.5 Million Investment from Endeavour

MARCH 14 United Electronics Invests in UK Telematics Co.

MARCH 8 O’Melveny Advises Reach150 on Sale to SmartZip Analytics

MARCH 6 O’Melveny Advises CA Technologies on US$614 Million Deal to Acquire Veracode

MARCH 1 O’Melveny Represents Pharmaron in Agreement to Acquire a Majority Stake in SNBL CPC

FEBRUARY 24 O’Melveny Represents DigitalGlobe in US$3.6 Billion Sale to MDA

FEBRUARY 9 O’Melveny Represents ForceShield Software in Series B Financing

FEBRUARY 2 O’Melveny Represents Ultratech, Inc. in Sale to Veeco Instruments Inc.

JANUARY 23 O’Melveny Represents Tricentis on US$165 Million Series B Financing

JANUARY 17 Facebook Should Be Allowed to Protect User Privacy

DECEMBER 19 O’Melveny Represents Kabam in Sale of Vancouver Studio to Netmarble

DECEMBER 2 HID Global Acquires Bluvision to Expand with Bluetooth Solutions for the Enterprise Internet of Things Market

NOVEMBER 29 Edwards Enters into Agreement to Acquire Valtech Cardio

NOVEMBER 14 Multiple Outlets Note O’Melveny’s Role in US$4.5 Billion Mentor Graphics Deal

OCTOBER 20 Drummond Hansen’s Move to Silicon Valley Noted by Multiple Publications

AUGUST 27 Meeker Quoted in NetworkWorld on Open-Source Software

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EVENTS

MARCH 11 “Ask-Me-Anything” with Jeeho Lee: Negotiating Your Ideal Terms with an Investor Webinar

FEBRUARY 25 O’Melveny’s 2021 Public Company Boot Camp: The Nuts and Bolts of Life as Public Company In-House Counsel Webinar

DECEMBER 22

FinCEN’s Crackdown on Self-Hosted Wallets

Webinar

DECEMBER 10 ABA/ABA Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference
Webinar

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DECEMBER 9 Going Public?: Deciding Whether an IPO, SPAC, or Direct Listing is Right for You Webinar

SEPTEMBER 17

Finding Genius Fall Venture Capital Forum

Virtual Forum

AUGUST 10

Unleashing the Power of Partnerships 2020 Virtual Conference

Virtual Conference

JULY 29 ACI’s Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Online Forum on FinTech & Emerging Payment Systems Virtual Conference

JULY 23 JLABS Legal Webinar Series for Life Science Entrepreneurs - Business Preparedness in Times of Pandemic Webinar

JULY 16 JLABS Legal Webinar Series for Life Science Entrepreneurs - Best Ways to Protect Your Innovation Webinar

JULY 7

JLABS Legal Webinar Series for Life Science Entrepreneurs - Strategic Collaborations: Setting Up for Success

Webinar

JUNE 25 JLABS Legal Webinar Series for Life Science Entrepreneurs - Raising Capital: A Legal Primer Webinar

FEBRUARY 13 Trump Administration’s Newly Expanded Rules on Foreign Investment and Technology Transfers San Jose, California

DECEMBER 5 Developments in Cross-Border Trade and Investment: CFIUS, Export Controls, and Economic Sanctions Menlo Park, California

NOVEMBER 20

Fintech Anti-Money Laundering Compliance: Incorporating New Technologies

San Francisco

NOVEMBER 13 Navigating Asia Today Palo Alto

FEBRUARY 7

Precedents and Predictions (NorCal Session): A Review of 2018’s Significant Labor & Employment Law Developments and What to Expect in 2019

Menlo Park and San Francisco

FEBRUARY 5

Precedents and Predictions (SoCal Session): A Review of 2018’s Significant Labor & Employment Law Developments and What to Expect in 2019

Newport Beach and Los Angeles

OCTOBER 17 VC Exit Strategies San Francisco or by Webcast

SEPTEMBER 12

Managing Partial Liquidity – A Map Through the Minefield

San Francisco

JUNE 12 Bankruptcy Issues Related to FinTech & Cryptocurrency

JUNE 11 Best Practices in Internet and Mobile Mergers & Acquisitions

JUNE 11 Esports Bar Association Conference

JUNE 5 Women Lawyers in Tech: Diversity, Challenges, Opportunities

MAY 17

Consensus 2018: Cryptocurrency Enforcement

NYC

APRIL 27 Blockchain Technology, Digital Currency, and ICO NYC

FEBRUARY 27 Founders Series: Working With Your Board of Directors

FEBRUARY 22 Operationalizing the GDPR - Sharing Best Practices

FEBRUARY 8 Precedents and Predictions: Significant Labor and Employment Law Developments in 2017 and What to Expect in 2018 San Francisco and Menlo Park

JANUARY 23

Precedents and Predictions: Significant Labor and Employment Law Developments in 2017 and What to Expect in 2018

Newport Beach and Los Angeles

NOVEMBER 9 O’Melveny Hosts BayPay’s Fall Executive Mixer San Francisco

NOVEMBER 8 Open Source Strategy Forum New York City

SEPTEMBER 27 Baker To Speak on Investing in Professional Sports Teams New York City

SEPTEMBER 25 Homeland Security Law Institute Washington, DC

SEPTEMBER 21 Michael to Discuss Third-Party Funding at the CDR Autumn Arbitration Symposium London

SEPTEMBER 18 What Corporate and Outside Counsel Need to Know New York City

SEPTEMBER 13 Big Data: DAGA Fall Policy Conference Nashville

SEPTEMBER 11 Implementation of China’s Cyber Security Law Shanghai

AUGUST 21 Cheng Addresses US-China Data Security at IAPP Meeting Los Angeles

AUGUST 17 Honoring Michael Ray & The Law Department of Western Digital =

JULY 25 Webcast: Legal Considerations for Social Media Contests Webinar

JUNE 28 Aon Cyber Risk Forum Vienna

JUNE 14 Select LA Investment Summit Los Angeles

MAY 23 What’s Next for India? Webinar

MAY 17 Our Healthcare Industry Under Attack Washington, DC

APRIL 12 National Security Law Journal Symposium Fairfax

APRIL 4

ANDAs and the Hatch-Waxman Act

Webinar

MARCH 24 MedTech Intelligence Conference Washington, DC

MARCH 20 USC Gould School of Law’s 2017 Intellectual Property Institute Santa Monica

MARCH 9

What's Next for Israel?

Silicon Valley

FEBRUARY 2

The Future of Augmented Reality at ITechLaw’s 2017 India Conference

New Delhi

JANUARY 31 Life Sciences Compliance Boot Camp San Francisco

JANUARY 26

National Forum on Wage & Hour Claims & Class Actions

Miami

DECEMBER 21 Open Source Software 2016 San Francisco

DECEMBER 5 Trade Secrets 2016: What Every IP Attorney Should Know San Francisco

OCTOBER 25 Cybersecurity and Data Privacy – What a Board Needs to Know Costa Mesa

OCTOBER 20 The Evolution of Technology and Internet Connectivity: What Investors and Business Owners Need to Know Los Angeles

OCTOBER 14 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity Conference New York City

AUGUST 24 Equity Crowdfunding at Silicon Beach Fest 2016 Marina Del Rey

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