Worldwide: Corporate/Commercial Law

Canada does not need to choose between the United States and the rest of the world. The opportunity is to protect the North American relationship while deliberately building customers, suppliers, partnerships, and investment opportunities in additional markets.

If you are under SEC investigation, one of the most critical, strategic decisions you may face is whether to invoke your Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

Indeed, tariff engineering can do more than lower a company’s duty bill. On Simply Trade, hosts Lalo Solorzano and Andy Shiles talk with Hal Berman and John Petitte of Trade Insight. Together, they explain how tariff engineering works best as a cross-functional strategy.

If you are under SEC investigation, one of the most critical, strategic decisions you may face is whether to invoke your Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

The SEC's proposed amendments would fundamentally restructure how public companies determine their filer status, raising the large accelerated filer threshold from $700 million to $2 billion and extending scaled disclosure accommodations to approximately 81% of reporting companies.

If you are an active participant in the secondary cash market for US Treasuries, map the venues and protocols you use to classify each as IDB-style (operator as principal to both sides) or dealer-to-client (bilateral with a dealer).

The SEC's proposed amendments would fundamentally restructure how public companies determine their filer status, raising the large accelerated filer threshold from $700 million to $2 billion and extending scaled disclosure accommodations to approximately 81% of reporting companies.

Artificial intelligence is transforming boardroom governance, enabling directors to research, draft, and analyze information with unprecedented efficiency. However, this convenience introduces significant risks...

In Corporate Woods 15, LLC v. West Bradford Corp., 2026 NY Slip Op 51642(U) (Sup Ct, Albany County Sept. 23, 2026), Justice Richard Platkin confronted that question in a dispute involving a century old, family-owned commercial real estate enterprise, multiple affiliated limited liability companies, and a proposed dissolution of a holding company that threatened to trigger a “flow down” liquidation of the underlying realty businesses in which the holding company was a member.

If you are under SEC investigation, one of the most critical, strategic decisions you may face is whether to invoke your Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

Corporate legal departments increasingly use third party platforms and managed billing services to review outside counsel invoices. In many cases, the client selects the system and directs its law firms to submit bills through it. Some of these services now use artificial intelligence, automated review, or a combination of technology and human reviewers to examine individual time entries and recommend billing reductions.

A recent California lawsuit alleges that AI-based employee selection tools discriminated against workers on protected leave and those with disabilities during a reduction in force. The case highlights critical legal risks for employers deploying AI in high-stakes employment decisions, particularly around how AI systems handle productivity metrics for employees who are absent or working under accommodations.