Business Law and Corporate Law

Companies are increasingly turning to private judges in lieu of state courts or arbitration.

A new year offers a new opportunity to shed the old and embrace the new.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control, part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, is the agency responsible for enforcing America's economic sanctions. One of its most powerful tools is the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.

The Murdoch Family Trust litigation is making news again. Media organizations sought access to the proceedings and access to court filings in the case.

This memorandum is designed to outline some of the basic administrative steps to be followed by the Trustee of an irrevocable life insurance trust (hereinafter referred to as an "ILIT" or the "Trust").

When representing fiduciaries in litigation that estate and trust beneficiaries commence, my Farrell Fritz, P.C. colleagues and I seek to limit the fiduciaries' exposure to liability.

The three-day conference in Washington, DC, in December 2025 brought together AICPA, SEC, FASB, and PCAOB leaders alongside market practitioners to discuss priorities...

For financial reporting and disclosure enforcement cases, fiscal year 2025 ("FY25") was a tale of two SECs. Before the new administration arrived...

This week on the award-winning Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast, host Alan Kaplinsky is joined by Senior Counsel Mark Levin and special guest Professor Mohsen Manesh...

On December 18, 2025, President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, which included the Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act (Act).

With the National Defense Authorization Act for 2026 (the NDAA) signed into law on December 18, 2025, directors and officers (also referred to as insiders) of Foreign Private Issuers...

The Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act (HFIAA), which was signed into law on 18 December 2025, introduces a new compliance requirement for foreign private issuers (FPIs) that historically have not been subject to US insider reporting rules under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.