Royse University

Roger Royse, founder of Royse Law Firm discusses Blockchain technology and its numerous applications with Steward Guenther, Rosario Ingargiola, Ryan Singer, and Erica Riel-Carden

Please join attorney Heidi Klein for an overview on best practices when drafting enforceable website Terms of Use and Privacy Policies focusing on the presentation of Terms of Use and acceptance methods, as well as special considerations and disclosures required for Privacy Policies under California and Federal law.

Licensing agreements are supposed to reflect the intent of the contracting parties in connection with permission to use intellectual property rights. When litigators and the courts get ahold of such agreements, however, the results can be far afield of what the parties expressed in their agreement. This webinar will focus on some of those unintended consequences, both as a matter of contract law in general and as a matter of licensing law specifically.

A merger or acquisition (M and A) doesn't end when the agreements are negotiated. In fact, most deals have problems in the integration, and unexpected liabilities are often discovered after the closing. Many of these sorts of issues can be anticipated and planned for in advance, if you are aware of common problem areas.

Fundraising for your startup has always been considered part art, part science, and part luck. In this hour-long session, Early Growth Financial Services will dive deep into the facts of fundraising. You'll learn about your fundraising options at every stage of development, the fundraising process, what investors want to see, crafting your financial models, your revenue projections, pitch deck essentials and more.

Gayathri Gopalakrishnan will describe the grant writing process, where to obtain grants and how to best position your company for a government grant. Gayathri is a scientist and engineer working at the intersection of big data, sensors and clean technology who has worked in startups, corporations, federal and state research organizations and the non-profit sectors.

Join us for short presentations on 2 important universal topics: pitching by Joy Montgomery and public relations by Grant Draper. Our panelists will hit the high points and provide you with the basics for positioning your startup company for success.

Join us for a one hour webinar as our panel of entrepreneurs discuss the future of the film industry, current trends in entertainment technology and opportunities in the new and growing industry of Film Tech

Please join us for an online discussion of various state tax issues for companies and individuals doing business in California. Our panelists will cover recent developments in California income and sales tax, tax credits and incentives, multi-state tax issues for technology companies and state residency planning for individuals.

Financial and legal mistakes go hand in hand and often overlap. This interactive "conversation" between a CFO and an attorney will shed light upon these common mistakes, as well as provide solutions for avoiding common pitfalls. This webinar is geared towards current and future executives at startups, financial and legal advisors of startups, and students considering starting their own businesses.

Lisa Chapman and Satya Narayan of the Royse Law Firm will provide an overview of federal and state laws relating to trade secrets, with an emphasis on practical solutions to prevent the theft of company trade secrets by employees and competitors and avoid being liable for trade secret theft.

In this age of information overload, companies must make smart decisions about which documents to retain, and when and how to retain them. Lisa Chapman, Esq. of the Royse Law Firm will provide an overview of legal and practical considerations that should inform your documentation policy.

Sara Rauchwerger joins Roger Royse at Royse Law Firm in Palo Alto to lead a workshop on investor pitches.

Satya Narayan, a top attorney in the field of intellectual property and commercial transactions at the Royse Law Firm, will share her wealth of knowledge on NDA missteps and surprises and some real life examples of the not so "boilerplate" NDAs.

In 2010, Congress passed the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) to address underreporting of income held by US taxpayers in foreign accounts. FATCA will basically require foreign financial institutions to either agree to provide the IRS with information about its US account holders or be subject to withholding taxes on their US source income.

When Dorothy was in the haunted forest, she famously feared lions and tiger and bears. That often is the way many of us feel about the courthouse, arbitration and mediation - three scary alternatives. If anything, the legal process is becoming more challenging. We have invited a leading judge, arbitrator and mediator - no wizards - to help guide you through the process to determine which forum is best for you depending on your needs.

When it comes to operating at peak performance, today's small and growing companies face a variety of obstacles that can prevent them from meeting their business goals. In addition to federal and state employment-law compliance, there are other systemic pitfalls that can expose a company to risk.

The speaker will discuss the potential legal risks and liabilities big data vendors need to be aware of regarding these issues, and the operational, contractual and commercial best practices and steps vendors can take to manage such risks and liabilities.

As a $46 billion per year industry in California alone, agriculture has attracted the attention of the Silicon Valley. Technologies are regularly being developed to allow farmers to farm more efficiently, increase production, access new markets and capture useful data.

Two leveraged finance transaction alternatives that can provide substantial liquidity without selling control of your company. Business owners and their advisers will be updated on the state of the very active debt market and how they can access it.