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Founders often struggle with how much equity to grant to employees. While there is no single formula for getting it right, Perkins Coie's Andy Shawber offers some practical tips on how to optimize the size of your grants based on market data.#Startups#Founders#EmployeeEquity#StartupTips#StartupPercolator

At Perkins Coie's Public Chatter blog, a group of in-house practitioners share their thoughts on how preparation of annual shareholder meetings has evolved since the pandemic.#CorpGov#CorporateGovernance#ESG#PublicChatterBlog

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On Perkins Coie's The Tech Law Hangout, partner and host Jordan Becker discusses foreign patent protection. He covers the things to consider when deciding which inventions are worth protecting with a foreign patent and where to do it. He also highlights the country-specific nature of patent rights.#Patents#PatentLaw#PatentProtection#ForeignPatents

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In this Update, my Perkins Coie colleagues cover the Eleventh Circuit's much-anticipated decision in American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Fearless Fund Management, LLC and address its potential implications for efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in charitable grant programs.#DEI#Nonprofits#TaxExemptOrganizations#EleventhCircuit

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In this food and consumer packaged goods notable ruling roundup, Perkins Coie's David T. Biderman and Tommy Tobin highlight the following class action cases.◾ Carolyn Winans v. Ornua Foods North America Inc.: the Eastern District of New York trimmed a putative class action complaint alleging the labeling and marketing of defendant's Pure Irish Butter as "pure" was false or misleading.◾ In re Kind LLC "Healthy and All Natural" Litigation: affirmation of summary judgment in a putative class action challenging the phrase "All Natural" on the labels of defendant's granola bar products as deceptive and misleading.#ConsumerProducts#ConsumerPackagedGoods#Marketing#Advertising

The California Supreme Court has affirmed the environmental impact report (EIR) for UC Berkeley housing and future development, determining that the EIR was not inadequate for failing to consider social noise and alternative sites. Perkins Coie's Lucy Miller shares more details in this blog post.#LandUse#RealEstate#NoisePollution#UCBerkeley

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Discover how gaze tracking technology is revolutionizing user experiences while raising critical privacy concerns. Perkins Coie's Jason Schneiderman and Bipasana Joshee delve into the balance between personalization and privacy, offering insights into the ethical and legal considerations companies must navigate.#Privacy#Technology#TechTrends#GazeTracking#BiometricLaws

In this Public Chatter blog post, Perkins Coie partnerAllison Handydissects the risk part of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new climate rule relating to financial matters.#CorpGov#ESG#ClimateDisclosure#PublicChatterBlog

Perkins Coie partnerAllison Handyprovides analysis in this Public Chatter blog post about "what now?" in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the Chevron doctrine.#CorpGov#CorporateGovernance#SCOTUS#ChevronDoctrine#PublicChatterBlog