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By: Mark Doerr Minority membership in an LLC can be a risky position to be in without proper safeguards and protections. When a business is growing and vibes are high, minority membership may feel like a strong position to be in. But when the minority owner’s relationship with the majority breaks down or severs completely, the risks are enormous. Majority members control day-to-day operations, employment decisions, monetary distributions, and in many cases even the informatio

When two companies sit across a negotiating table to close a software-as-a-service transaction, one number looms larger than almost any other: Annual Recurring Revenue. ARR is the north star of SaaS valuation — the metric that investors, acquirers, and founders rally around. And yet, in transaction after transaction, ARR is also one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented, and dangerously overlooked figures in the deal room. Getting ARR right is not merely an accounting exe

Veteran IP attorney brings over thirty years of copyright and trademark expertise, a decade of teaching at Cornell Law School, and a track record representing creators and institutions in complex intellectual property disputes that will strengthen the firm's growing intellectual property practice. Patrick Doerr LLP is proud to announce that Andrew Berger has joined the firm as a Senior Counsel. Andrew brings deep expertise in copyright and trademark protection and disputes,