Business Law and Corporate Law

Starting a business is exciting, but one of the first and most important decisions you'll face is choosing the right business structure.

On October 28, 2025, Judge Tiffany M. Cartwright of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington largely denied motions to dismiss a putative class action asserting claims under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against a technology company, certain of its executives, and certain controlling shareholders.

On October 14, 2025, Glass Lewis, a leading proxy advisor,1 announced that it will no longer make its "standard" benchmark voting recommendations broadly available to the market as of 2027.

As a founder, your days are packed — building product, managing people, and trying to grow fast enough to stay alive. It's easy for the end of the fiscal year to sneak up on you.

When companies are closely related, they often want to share or use similar trademarks. A parent company may own multiple subsidiaries, or two sister companies...

Welcome to Goodwin's Public Company Advisory News Roundup, which highlights the latest developments with SEC and stock exchange regulatory activity, corporate governance...

U.S. private-target M&A may feel familiar to European deal teams, but that comfort can mask a host of stateside pitfalls. Today's inbound acquisitions must navigate an expanding gauntlet of structuring quirks...

Federal enforcement of the False Claims Act (FCA) against healthcare and pharmaceutical companies—especially based on alleged Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) violations—continues to change...

Supply chain mapping permits a company to achieve better visibility into where its products and inputs are coming from.

What's the future of your trucking company when you step away? Join us for a webinar with Shareholder Doug Marcello of our Trucking and Commercial Transportation group and Shareholder...

Retirement planning can be challenging for anyone, but as a federal employee, you may have additional benefits to add to the mix that can, at first be overwhelming when planning for the future, but beneficial to you in the long run.

Irrevocable trusts are often viewed as rigid, permanent components of an estate plan designed to preserve wealth, minimize taxes, and protect assets.