The rate you see quoted is rarely the rate you get. Fees, spreads and timing decide whether a supplier invoice costs what you planned.
Yuki Tanaka · October 2, 2026Courts ask three questions about every covenant — time, place, and legitimate interest — and the answers decide whether it holds.
Julia Brooks · September 30, 2026
Most internal newsletters fail on layout, relevance and timing. The fix is practical, not expensive.
Yuki Tanaka · September 29, 2026
Third-generation leadership carries a weight founders never face: the expectations arrive before the authority does.
Yuki Tanaka · September 29, 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
A one-day CLE program in Miami gathers the state's legislative, judicial and regulatory changes in one room.
Renata Silva · September 26, 2026
A plain-language look at the structures that hold boards, executives and shareholders to account.
Ines Oliveira · September 27, 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
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
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, 2026Section 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, 2026
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
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, 2026A 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, 2026SEC Rule 13e-3 treats management and controller buyouts as inherently conflicted — requiring full disclosure of purposes, alternatives and fairness analyses.
Julia Brooks · August 6, 2026
Loan costs, credit lines and hiring plans all move when central bank decisions ripple through the price of borrowed money.
Renata Silva · September 24, 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, 2026The 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 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, 2026