The Four Horsemen And Global Trade BLG (Video)

The CAS Board has raised contract thresholds to $35 million and eliminated CAS 407, fundamentally changing cost accounting requirements for federal contractors. At the same time, the Department of War is demanding unprecedented cost and pricing transparency through new memoranda requiring actual cost information for negotiations valued at $10 million or more, creating a complex landscape where contractors face fewer formal CAS requirements but heightened scrutiny of their pricing data.

Finance teams face critical implementation challenges as new GAAP amendments take effect for 2026, requiring immediate attention to accounting policies, documentation standards, and system readiness. Are your financial reporting processes prepared to handle expanded disclosure requirements, CECL practical expedients, and internal-use software accounting changes before year-end audit fieldwork begins?

The SEC Staff has issued new guidance addressing fair value measurement and disclosure practices for private credit and other illiquid assets held by registered funds and business development companies. As private credit portfolios have grown nearly 60% since 2020, reaching $270 billion, regulators emphasize the critical importance of robust valuation methodologies, transparent disclosure of significant judgments, and careful application of accounting standards when market prices are unavailable.

FINRA proposed a rule amendment to restrict access to representative- and principal-level qualification scores.

The SEC charged Ernst & Young LLP with violations of auditor independence rules that require firms to maintain their objectivity and impartiality with clients.

The SEC has established a new Financial Reporting and Accounting Unit within its Division of Enforcement, consolidating nationwide resources to investigate public company accounting and financial reporting issues. This organizational shift signals heightened scrutiny of complex accounting matters, non-GAAP measures, and disclosure practices.

The US National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Statutory Accounting Principles Working Group convened in August 2026 to address critical reforms to the Interest Maintenance Reserve framework...

An HHS Office of Inspector General audit of Methodist Hospital in San Antonio reveals how a review of just 100 claims led to a $12.4 million overpayment recommendation through statistical extrapolation. The audit targeted specific high-risk billing areas including Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility claims, certain diagnosis-related groups, and outpatient billing patterns, uncovering documentation and coding compliance issues that hospital leadership should examine within their own Medicare claims.

Organizations are embedding AI into internal audit workflows to improve consistency and shorten testing cycles, but success requires a structured approach that addresses evidence handling, testing methodology...

Today (December 23, 2025), the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced final action in its Section 301 investigation into China's policies and practices seeking semiconductor dominance.

The war with Iran is being fought with missiles, aircraft and naval forces, but some of its most consequential effects are disruptions impacting energy markets, international shipping, insurance, supply chains, and prices, while adding another layer of sanctions and tariff risk to international trade. The result is particularly significant because the Strait of Hormuz, at the center of the conflict, is one of the most important arteries in world commerce.

This article seeks to assist potential users of the provisions of the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) to understand the...

BLG VP Bob Brewer is joined by DC Counsel Jim Holbein to discuss the new book From Genius Act to State Innovation The US Stablecoin Framework​

In a July 23, 2026 Memorandum, President Trump announced the final tariff rates for the 60 countries included in USTR’s Section 301 investigation into those countries’ efforts to prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor

Are you having problems importing goods into the U.S from China? Consider manufacturing in Mexico as an alternative. The professionals at Braumiller Law Group and Braumiller Consulting Group are experts when it comes to IMMEX.

On February 23, 2026, President Sheinbaum published amendments to the Regulations of the Mexican Customs Law (Reglamento de la Ley Aduanera) in the Official Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación).

On September 25, 2025, President Trump posted on Truth Social that beginning October 1, 2025 he would be imposing steep tariffs on imports of pharmaceuticals, furniture and heavy trucks.

On May 7th, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade found that the President unlawfully used Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose the current 10% global tariffs

Bob Brewer sits down with Associate Attorney, Eiyack Cacho -Ayala, to discuss AI and how university students should not fear it, but instead embrace it.