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Benefit corporations are a legal entity type that allow businesses to make a profit while pursuing a public benefit. There are certain responsibilities you will have if you decide to become a benefit ...

You’ve set up your company, everything is great, and you and your business partner are ready to move forward as equal partners! But there’s one thing you may not be thinking of in this honeymoon ...

Consumers and businesses over the last several years have become more and more interested in businesses making or pushing for a positive social impact. One part of this movement has been the creation ...

Are you running a new business, and looking to protect the equity in your name and your logo? Filing for federal or state trademark protection may be the right move for you. However, we are often ...

B Lab, the nonprofit responsible for the passage of benefit corporation statutes in over 30 states (as of the writing of this post), has released a report on the status of venture capital raised by ...

Etsy made news when it went public as a B Corp in April 2015. And now we have the first Benefit Corporation to file for an Initial Public Offering (or IPO) in the U.S.: Laureate Education, an online ...

The Safe Harbor Framework governing transfer of personal information from the European Union to the United States is no more. On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck down the ...

On Friday morning (October 30, 2015), the Securities and Exchange Commission voted 3-1 to approve final rules relating to equity crowdfunding to non-accredited investors.

SPZ attorney Ryan Shaening Pokrasso recently sat down with Neetal Parekh of Innov8social to discuss his path to being corporate lawyer and social entrepreneurship. You can listen to Ryan's interview ...

Word of mouth is the lifeblood of attracting new customers, and now it travels faster than ever before thanks to the internet. Customers can snap a picture, post a comment, or leave an online review ...