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Silicon Valley Review S4, Ep7: Did Bream Hall & Erlich Violate SEC Securities Regulation Laws?

In Silicon Valley Review, we review each episode of HBO’s Silicon Valley and discuss how it applies to real startups.

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In this episode, we review S4, Ep7: “The Patent Troll” and discuss the legality of Bream Hall paying Erlich a finder’s fee, the differences between finders and broker-dealers, the pros and cons of hiring an attorney to negotiate a demand letter, and the three acts that govern investment activity.

References

• A Patent Conversation with Mark Cuban (IPWatchdog)
• U.S. Supreme Court Puts New Curbs on Locations of Patent Suits (Bloomberg)
• You’ve Got a Great Business, Now Prepared to Get Sued (Blossom Street Ventures)
• FAQs for Dealers and Their Agents (Texas State Securities Board)
• New Finder Rules in Texas: What a Tangled Web We Weave (The Houston Lawyer)
• California’s New Law Legalizing Payment of Finder’s Fees to Unregistered Persons for Securities Offerings (Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP Investment Law Blog)
• The Laws That Govern the Securities Industry (1933, 1934, 1940) (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
• Intrastate Offering Exemptions, 80 Percent Rule (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)

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