How Interest Rates Shape Main Street Businesses
Loan costs, credit lines and hiring plans all move when central bank decisions ripple through the price of borrowed money.
Renata Silva · September 24, 2026USA Post 21
What Tariffs Actually Do to Consumer Prices From Port to Checkout
A tariff is a tax paid by the importer at the border. What happens after that — pass-through, substitution, and price creep — depends on the product, the rate, and the contract.
Julia Brooks · September 23, 2026
FCPA Books and Records Violations: How Bribery Schemes Surface in Accounting
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, 2026
CFIUS Review Explained: When Foreign Investment Needs National Security Clearance
Which 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
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 Brooks · August 24, 2026
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.
Julia Brooks · August 17, 2026E-Discovery Obligations Explained: Legal Holds, Privilege Review and Spoliation Sanctions
Litigation triggers duties over electronic evidence — preserve immediately, collect defensibly, review privilege carefully — and deletion after notice draws sanctions.
Julia Brooks · July 19, 2026Civil Investigative Demands Explained: Rights and Duties When Antitrust Investigators Call
A 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
How the SEC Whistleblower Program Works: Awards, Protections and Company Risk
Dodd-Frank's whistleblower program pays 10 to 30 percent of sanctions over $1 million, and its anti-retaliation shield covers reporting to the SEC itself.
Julia Brooks · March 9, 2026Governance
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The SEC's Climate Disclosure Rules Are Adopted, Stayed, and Contested
Ines Oliveira · August 28, 2026
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 Oliveira · August 26, 2026
How the SEC's Whistleblower Award Program Works Under Dodd-Frank
Ines Oliveira · August 19, 2026
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.
Ines Oliveira · August 15, 2026Trade
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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 · August 21, 2026
The De Minimis Rule for Imports: How the $800 Threshold Reshaped E-Commerce
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, 2026Customs Audits Explained: How CBP Focused Assessments Work and What Importers Should Prepare
CBP 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, 2026OFAC Sanctions Compliance for Companies: SDN Screening, the 50 Percent Rule and Disclosures
U.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, 2026Corporate News
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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.
Yuki Tanaka · August 12, 2026
Going Private Under Rule 13e-3: Special Committees and Minority Protection
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, 2026Clawback Rules Explained: SEC Rule 10D-1 and Sarbanes-Oxley Recovery of Executive Pay
Since 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, 2026D&O Insurance Explained: Side A/B/C Coverage and What Securities Claims Cost
Directors 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, 2026Business News
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Arbitration Clauses Explained: FAA Rules, Forum Choice and Class Action Waivers
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
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.
Renata Silva · August 10, 2026Trademark Protection for Small Business: Clearance Searches, USPTO Registration and Enforcement
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, 2026Business Email Compromise Explained: The Schemes, the Losses and the Controls That Work
BEC 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, 2026