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On April 30, 2020, the Federal Reserve announced actions to expand the Main Street Lending Program to three credit facilities (up from two) aimed at small and medium-sized businesses.

In this article published by the American Bar Association Business Law Section, Kirk Nahra explains what startups need to know about privacy law.

IRS guidance released yesterday would result in a surprise tax on paycheck protection program loan forgiveness. Congress included a provision in the law to make forgiveness tax-free, but the IRS is denying deductions for the payroll and other costs funded with the PPP loan (and use to compute the forgiveness amount).

WilmerHale represented Stash, one of the fastest-growing banking and investing services, in its $112 million Series F funding. 

COVID-19 continues to spread at an alarming rate, causing rippling effects throughout our daily lives and profoundly impacting our health, wellness, financial futures and families. For companies, and especially start-up and emerging companies, uncertainty and turbulence have become the new normal

On Friday, March 27, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) became law.

On March 16, 2020, ZeroNorth announced that it raised a $10 million Series A+ funding round led by Crosslink Capital, along with existing investors ClearSky, Rally Ventures and Petrillo Capital.

In 2019, we served as counsel in more than 225 venture financings raising in excess of $5 billion, including some of the largest and most prominent deals of the year.

RunSafe Security, the pioneer of a patented process to immunize software without developer friction from cyber attacks, announced that it closed a $6.3 million Series A Round. 

1366 Technologies, developer of manufacturing solutions for silicon cell manufacturers, has raised $18M in Series E funding from both return investors and several new investors, including Breakthrough Energy Ventures.

Many innovative young businesses were showcased at Founders + Funders NYC, a gathering for entrepreneurs and investors hosted at WilmerHale's New York office on November 8. 

On October 10, 2019, RigUp, Inc., the energy industry’s largest marketplace for on-demand services and skilled labor, announced that it secured $300 million in a Series D funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with additional investors Founders Fund, Bedrock Capital and Quantum Energy Partners.

WilmerHale and 18 of its lawyers are once again recognized among the nation’s leading life sciences law firms and lawyers in the 2019 edition of LMG Life Sciences.

WilmerHale earned two Firm of the Year distinctions at the LMG Life Sciences Awards 2019.

On September 4, 2019, wireless communications pioneer Federated Wireless announced that it secured $51 million in Series C funding, led by existing investors Allied Minds, American Tower and GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund.