Apr
12
2013
Vela Keller often helps both start-ups and seasoned businesses as they endeavor to find investors. You may not know, though, that here at VK we are in fact investors ourselves! Each month Vela Keller contributes to small business owners through …
Read more of Give a Little, Get a Little: How VK Helps Entrepreneurs Around the World
Apr
2
2013
So in today’s Dallas Morning News blog there is an article talking about all the money that Texas is losing to Oklahoma’s casinos and a cite to the Texas bills that this legislature is taking up. For now, keep your …
Read more of Gambling in Texas: Where are we? Where are we headed? Continued…
Apr
1
2013
As we discussed in an earlier blog, gambling in Texas is definitely moving in the direction of legalization. While slot machines and craps tables, not to mention other “games of chance” might not have the nod from the government yet …
Mar
29
2013
At Vela Keller we enjoy throwing back a few cold ones every now and then, and representing brewers (or people interested in becoming brewers) has become a small, but very interesting, niche of our practice. As such, we try to …
Read more of A Historic Victory for Little Beer -- New Legislation Affecting Craft Brewers in Texas
Mar
29
2013
My last post, “Regulating Crowdfunding Portals,” addressed the timeline of the release of the crowdfunding regulations, some proposed SEC requirements for portals, and the portals’ adoption of their own regulations. Instead of patiently waiting for the SEC to release the …
Read more of FINRA Moves Forward Despite Pending SEC Crowdfunding Regulations
Mar
22
2013
St. Patrick’s Day is kind of a big deal in Dallas, and we at Vela Keller are always looking for an excuse to hang out together and fire up the grill. Kevin is on the board of the Greenville Avenue …
Mar
22
2013
Here at VK, we receive legal questions from prospective clients via phone, web and email every day, and it seems like a lot of people are asking questions about Texas Series LLCs in particular. Considering the relative infancy of the …
Mar
12
2013
As Texans, we take pride in the special “Texan-way” that we go about things. Whether it’s rattlesnake roundups, Cadillac ranches, or BBQ…we always find our own way of going about it. Add to this list…gambling. We have horse racing and …
