News & Insights

Starting January 1, 2026, California employers will face expanded pay transparency and pay equity requirements, including stricter job posting disclosures and mandatory inclusion of equity compensation in pay equity analyses.

On October 13, 2025, California Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 243 on Companion Chatbots (“SB 243”) into law, being the first U.S. state law that requires operators of “companion chatbot” platforms to meet design, disclosure, safety and reporting requirements, including obligations to restrict harmful content and provide disclosures intended to address online safety

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed three powerful privacy laws further expanding privacy protections for consumers and compliance obligations for businesses handling personal information in the state

Join Katten and Gunderson Dettmer for a discussion of the SEC’s recent policy statement on mandatory securities arbitration and whether it represents a meaningful shift for companies and their investors

Our panel of employment and data privacy law experts had an in-depth discussion on navigating the emerging compliance landscape and staying ahead of risk

Gunderson Dettmer associates Frida Alim and Cecilia Jeong join Relyance AI Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer Leila Golchehreh at the Privacy + Security Forum – Fall Academy 2025 to discuss practical ways to leverage privacy compliance for AI regulation. 

Hims & Hers, the leading health and wellness platform, announces the acquisition of Livewell, a Canadian digital health platform

Replicate Bioscience, a clinical-stage company pioneering novel self-replicating RNA (srRNA) technology, announces a collaboration agreement with Instituto Butantan, a leading nonprofit producer of immunobiologic products in Brazil.

neptune.ai announces its definitive agreement to be acquired by OpenAI, marking Gunderson’s second this year representing a company in its sale to OpenAI, following Statsig’s $1.1 billion acquisition

Gunderson Dettmer has elected nine new partners effective January 1, 2026, continuing to serve clients throughout the innovation economy

Gunderson Dettmer sponsors the 2025 CVCA Annual General Meeting & Private Equity/Venture Capital Summit, held on December 3, 2025, at the Park Hyatt Beijing

Gunderson Dettmer leads PitchBook’s Global League Tables for the third consecutive quarter in 2025, reinforcing the firm’s position as the world’s most active law firm in venture capital and emerging company transactions.