Worldwide: Corporate Governance

One of the most effective steps a community association board can take to protect the Association from costly litigation is to request legal review of contracts before engagement with vendors...

Legal translation is evolving from a downstream service into an embedded function within legal operations. As organizations manage higher volumes of multilingual legal documentation across jurisdictions, translation is increasingly intertwined with core legal processes including contracting, compliance, litigation support, and regulatory communication, where consistency, timing, and coordination across teams matter as much as linguistic accuracy.

Building a startup isn’t just about product and growth—it’s about getting the legal and financial foundation right from day one.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a landmark exemptive order relieving directors and officers of certain foreign private issuers from Section 16(a) reporting obligations under the Exchange Act. This exemption applies to issuers incorporated in the European Economic Area and other qualifying jurisdictions where substantially similar disclosure requirements already exist, fundamentally reshaping compliance obligations for EEA-incorporated companies with U.S.-registered securities. What do

The SEC has proposed allowing public companies to file semiannual reports instead of quarterly reports, potentially reducing compliance costs and freeing up management time. Companies could elect to file one...

A more aggressive, diffuse, and unpredictable set of threat actors has emerged into the void left by the takedown of hacking gang LockBit. Armed with advanced technologies and increasingly sophisticated tactics, cyber-attacks are now more likely, and potentially more devastating, than ever.

Exxon Mobil's proposal to reincorporate in Texas has sparked debate about corporate governance, shareholder rights, and the role of activist critics.

Each of Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) and NYSE American LLC (NYSE American) has recently proposed, and Nasdaq has implemented, changes to its initial listing standards to heighten the financial and other standards required for initial listing, signaling a broader push to strengthen market quality and investor protections.

In a post-trial opinion arising from a highly fact-intensive dispute that reads as much like a family drama as a corporate governance treatise...