The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act punishes bribery abroad and sloppy accounting at home. The second half is where schemes usually come apart.
Yuki Tanaka · September 19, 2026Which cross-border deals trigger a filing, how the Committee on Foreign Investment reviews them, and what mitigation or a presidential block means for both sides.
Yuki Tanaka · September 17, 2026
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 Oliveira · August 26, 2026
Judge Amit Mehta ruled Google violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act; the case moved to a remedies phase that followed in 2025.
Julia Brooks · August 24, 2026
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.
Julia Brooks · August 17, 2026Litigation triggers duties over electronic evidence — preserve immediately, collect defensibly, review privilege carefully — and deletion after notice draws sanctions.
Julia Brooks · July 19, 2026A CID from the FTC or Justice Department compels documents, answers and oral testimony — with narrow objections, privilege work and petition rights shaping the response.
Julia Brooks · June 26, 2026
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.
Renata Silva · August 10, 2026
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.
Ines Oliveira · August 15, 2026
Minutes are the board's litigation defense — they must show deliberation, not conclusions — and shareholders can inspect them through Section 220 books-and-records demands.
Ines Oliveira · July 24, 2026
The Fifth Circuit struck Nasdaq's diversity-disclosure rule in 2024 — but state laws, investor expectations and proxy disclosure practices keep the reporting alive.
Yuki Tanaka · July 1, 2026
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 · August 21, 2026
Section 321 lets shipments valued under $800 enter duty-free — the provision behind cross-border e-commerce, now narrowed by enforcement actions and 2025 restrictions.
Yuki Tanaka · July 28, 2026CBP audits examine classification, valuation and origin across years of entries — importers with documented reasonable care negotiate findings; those without fund assessments.
Yuki Tanaka · July 5, 2026U.S. sanctions law reaches any company using U.S. dollars or the U.S. financial system — with strict liability and penalties that turn on screening, the 50 Percent Rule and self-disclosure.
Yuki Tanaka · June 17, 2026
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.
Yuki Tanaka · August 12, 2026
SEC Rule 13e-3 treats management and controller buyouts as inherently conflicted — requiring full disclosure of purposes, alternatives and fairness analyses.
Julia Brooks · August 6, 2026Since 2023, listed companies must recover incentive pay tied to misstated financials — no fault required — under Rule 10D-1 and exchange listing standards.
Yuki Tanaka · July 10, 2026Directors and officers insurance protects the people running the company — with Side A protecting individuals where the company cannot indemnify, the layer that matters most.
Yuki Tanaka · June 22, 2026
A well-drafted arbitration clause sends disputes to a private forum faster than court — while a class action waiver quietly determines who can even sue.
Renata Silva · August 10, 2026
Trademark rights in the U.S. come from use — but clearance searching and federal registration turn a common-law mark into an enforceable, valuable asset.
Renata Silva · July 17, 2026BEC fraud — spoofed executives, hijacked vendor threads, redirected wires — costs U.S. businesses billions annually and succeeds through process, not technology, failures.
Renata Silva · June 24, 2026The FTC's 2024 rule on consumer reviews bans fake reviews, insider reviews and review suppression — with civil penalties per violation joining the older Consumer Review Fairness Act.
Renata Silva · June 3, 2026