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The Innovation Attorney

The Innovation Attorney is a publication about the intersection of venture capital, technology, artificial intelligence, privacy, public policy and law.

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Are Founder Non-Compete Agreements Still Enforceable

The Federal Trade Commission erased its own noncompete rule from 16 CFR Part 910 on February 12, 2026, leaving founder noncompetes to state law and the Delaware Court of Chancery.

A noncompete written into an ordinary employment agreement...

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What Does The Anthropic $1.5 Billion Settlement Mean

Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle Bartz v. Anthropic PBC, No. 24-cv-05417 (N.D. Cal.), a class action brought by author Andrea Bartz and other writers over the books Anthropic downloaded to train Claude. The federal court grant...

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Do Tender Offers Affect the QSBS Tax Exclusion

A tender offer that lets employees sell part of their vested stock can strip the federal tax exclusion off shares that were never part of the sale at all. Internal Revenue Code Section 1202(c)(3) tests every stock redemption a company makes...

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Should My Startup Incorporate In Delaware or Texas

Dropbox moved from Delaware to Nevada on March 5, 2025, but that move, and Meta Platforms’ reported interest in Texas, do not change where a venture funded startup should incorporate. The litigation risk pushing large public companies towar...

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Should Startups Get AI Vendor Indemnification Clauses

A startup buying an AI vendor’s product should insist on a negotiated indemnification clause for claims tied to that vendor’s AI generated output, because the commercial insurance market stopped absorbing that risk in 2026. The Insurance Se...

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