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FCC decisions on net neutrality, broadband deployments and privacy rules are expected to undergo major reshaping in the next several months. If net neutrality rules are relaxed, ISPs could charge companies to prioritize access to their content.

Blockchain’s potential uses in fraud and cost controls have not gone unnoticed by Wall Street. The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (“DTCC”) recently announced plans to implement a blockchain to track credit-derivative payouts between banks.

An M&A partner should understand that by acquiring certain technologies, it may unknowingly assume additional risk. Therefore comprehensive due diligence is imperative.

Companies that rely on the use of artificial intelligence or other assisted technologies should begin to consider the possible tax implications. Companies will eventually need to pay some sort of tax on using robot workers.

Snap Inc., parent company of social media giant Snapchat, has filed with the SEC to go public. The initial share price is expected to be between $14 and $16, which would raise more than $3 billion from the sale of 200 million Class A shares.

For those who would like to download data 10 to 100 times faster than your current measly 4G system, we're a small step closer to that reality with Verizon’s announcement that it will test 5G in 11 cities across the U.S. in the first half of 2017.

Virtual reality technology has become the one of the hottest tech trends in years. Content providers, such as Netflix and Hulu, have taken notice and have teamed up with virtual reality producers Google and Samsung, respectively.

Using technology to fight the Zika virus. The World Health Organization called Zika an ‘explosive’ epidemic that could infect more than four million people by the end of 2016. Genetic modification technology is being explored as an option to reduce the mosquito population.

EisnerAmper’s San Francisco office hosted 'Private Equity in the Technology Space' which included the topic of funding and valuation for an endless wave of new technology companies. The supply of venture capital and private equity in the technology space has increased tremendously.

New tax inversion regulations introduced by the U.S. Treasury thwarted a proposed merger between Pfizer and Allergen. The new regulations would curtail another tax-reduction strategy known as earnings stripping. Learn more about the Treasury’s regulations.

Many of the provisions of the Protecting America from Tax Hikes Act are favorable to technology and life sciences companies. In addition, the controversial medical device excise tax has been suspended for 2 years. Here are some of the specifics of the bill.

Title III of Regulation Crowdfunding is scheduled to take effect. Will this enhance the legitimacy of the crowdfunding process as well as make it easier for issuers, portals and investors? Here are the key elements including investor limitations, broker-dealer and portal framework.

It appears the FBI has succeeded in unlocking the iPhone of a San Bernardino terrorist. How did it crack the code? Mobile forensics and security expert Jonathan Zdziarski has a theory. What will be the privacy and security issues for Apple’s 900 million iPhone customers?

Biotechnology and innovation have been booming in New York City and across the state. The guest speaker was Vivek Ramaswamy, a former hedge fund manager who led the largest-ever IPO of a biotech company Axovant Sciences and was recently featured in Forbes.

As the virtual wallet becomes more common, Google Wallet and Apple Pay have gained traction, relying on their brand and pushing to make paying with your phone more widely accepted at retailers. A look at what's in store for the virtual wallet market.

MetaProp NYC announces program geared to technology-driven startups in the real estate sector. MetaProp NYC will invest in approximately 40-50 startups over the next five years, with the goal of launching and growing the next generation of leading edge real estate technology companies.

The SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance released a long-awaited – yet “unofficial” – staff guidance on the treatment of digital assets. Token issuers in the U.S. should err on the side of caution and assume that their token is a security.

A discussion of cryptocurrency as a world-changing technology and how the country that effectively builds a regulatory framework for digital assets and blockchain will have an advantage as we move forward.

Unlike the Bitcoin blockchain, the Libra blockchain is presently what is known as a “permissioned blockchain” where only a select group of entities control the governance of the blockchain. This structure is more vulnerable to attacks and censorship.

An examination of the new regulations from the inter-governmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) that have been imposed upon crypto exchanges globally as part of an effort to make digital transactions over blockchain more transparent and designed to continue the fight against the criminal use of digital assets.