How a Delaware Derivative Suit Actually Works, Step by Step
A shareholder sues on the corporation's behalf, and Delaware procedure requires the board's own process be addressed before the claim can proceed.
Ines OliveiraAnalysis & Opinion
How Section 220 Lets Delaware Stockholders Demand Corporate Records
The Delaware General Corporation Law gives stockholders a narrow but well-tested tool to inspect a company's internal records before deciding whether to sue — and a 2025 legislative overhaul has redrawn its edges.
How Rule 14a-8 Governs Shareholder Proposals Now That the SEC Has Stepped Back
The mechanism that lets shareholders force a board vote hasn't changed. The referee that used to settle disputes over it just left the field.
Court Vacates FTC's Expanded HSR Form, Restoring Pre-2025 Premerger Filing Rules
A February 12, 2026 judgment in the Eastern District of Texas set aside the Commission's 2024 premerger notification rule on Administrative Procedure Act grounds. The waiting periods and thresholds are unchanged; the form is not, and the appeal is pending.
How SEC Investigations Move From Inquiry to Enforcement Action
The Securities and Exchange Commission builds cases in private, through a defined sequence of fact-gathering, staff review, and Commission authorization, before any charge becomes public.
Law
More in Law →Federal Court Found Google Maintained a Search Monopoly in August 2024
Judge Amit Mehta ruled Google violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act; the case moved to a remedies phase that followed in 2025.
Julia BrooksGovernance
More in Governance →How the SEC's Whistleblower Award Program Works Under Dodd-Frank
Editorial StaffTrade
More in Trade →Enforce and Protect Act Sets Fixed Deadlines for Customs Duty-Evasion Investigations
How CBP investigates allegations that an importer evaded antidumping or countervailing duties: the statutory clocks, the interim measures that bite before any finding, and the confidential-information rules the Federal Circuit forced open.
Yuki Tanaka