The year 2023 saw a shift in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) landscape for venture-backed companies. According to the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor ...
There have been two recent cases from the Court of Appeals of Virginia regarding the application of easements. For the uninitiated, an easement is a right to someone else’s property for a particular purpose. Common examples include power lines, sidewalks, and shared driveways....
As the renewable energy sector continues to harness wind, solar, and other renewable sources to provide cleaner energy, it’s increasingly turning to artificial Intelligence (AI) to help it do so more efficiently and effectively. ...
2023 was a big year for solar energy development in Virginia and throughout the country. Some of the factors that contributed to solar growth included high oil prices, more states passing legislation mandating shifts to renewable energy sources, and significant federal incentives spurring investments through the...
In the excitement of the “idea” phase of a startup’s life, it is easy for its founders to forget that the company’s only real asset at that time is its intellectual property (“IP”). If the founders are able to decide on an appropriate split of...
The excitement of a startup often clouds founders thinking. They are amped up to go into business with friends, or at least with people they think they can be successful with in the future. If the founders are able to decide on an appropriate split of...
The typical founder team starts an entrepreneurial venture with limited resources—meaning their own resources. They run a race to get customers to buy their product before the company runs out of cash. They may get an SBA loan, they may get some money from an...
In a 2016 article for the Harvard Business Review, former General Electric general counsel Ben W. Heineman, Jr. wrote, “The CFO-GC alliance has always been important because the finance function and the legal function are truly the nervous system of the corporation—sending critical signals to...
We are seeing a trend with Virginia localities proposing or enacting solar moratoriums to allow for the updating or creation of solar-specific solar ordinances, including the newly enacted revenue share ordinance.[1] These are important developments that those in the solar power industry should be aware...
https://youtu.be/5_aAHtBS2Ew We’re grateful to my friend and colleague Abby Johnson, executive director of the Virginia PACE Authority, for her expert summary of the opportunities for commercial financing assistance through this new program enabled under state law and available in some localities, with more on the way....