This Annual Review of Federal Securities Regulation ("Review") was prepared by the Subcommittee on Annual Review of Federal Securities Regulation, Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities Committee...

Key steps in evaluating patent assets include searching USPTO assignment records, examining the chain of title, and auditing software for OSS license terms.

The ABA Business Law Section is holding its 2018 Spring Meeting in Orlando next week and will offer nearly 90 CLE programs and many more committee meetings and events.

A summary of Current FASB Developments provided by Randy McClanahan of Johnston Barton Procter & Rose LLP in Birmingham, Alabama, for the August meeting of the ABA Business Law Section Law and Accounting Committee.

The tireless benefactor of 3,300 hours of pro bono legal work to Morrison & Foerster's nonprofit and social enterprise clients...

The Copyright Act of 1976 authorizes a court to award actual damages due to infringement and infringer’s profits, as well as statutory and enhanced damages.

Use of cooperation agreements by ad hoc groups of lenders has surged to address the risk of being caught on the wrong end of liability management exercises.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided four arbitration cases in 2025, each addressing a different piece of the process: agreement formation, scope, waiver, and judicial oversight of ongoing arbitration proceedings. Individually, they generated the usual case-specific commentary. But read together, they tell a bigger story: The Second Circuit is done treating arbitration agreements as a special category of contract that gets the benefit of the doubt. Going forward, they will be evaluated like any other agreement.

ATLANTA—The Supreme Court's ruling in the Carpenter case has been hailed by privacy advocates as a potentially groundbreaking decision.

Bills C-34 and C-36 represent a significant modernization of Canada’s regulation of the internet and AI, with notable impacts on U.S. companies.

The Lanham Act sets out three methods of determining damages for trademark infringement: disgorgement of profits, actual damages, and costs of the action.

Courts may award patent infringement damages in the form of recovery for lost profits, reasonable royalties, and treble damages for willful infringement.

A well-drafted LC from a strong, reliable local issuer can provide you with valuable credit support; a poorly drafted LC may leave you unpaid.

The Private Target Mergers & Acquisitions Deal Points Study ("the Study") is published on a bi-annual basis by the Market Trends Subcommittee of the ABA Business Law Section's M&A Committee...

WilmerHale Partner Matthew Kulkin and Associate Caroline Estey authored "IOSCO Reports on Pre-Hedging and Financial Asset Tokenization," a paper presented to the ABA Business Law Section's Derivatives and Futures Law Committee.

D&O “runoff” and “tail” insurance coverages should protect companies and directors and officers against claims for legacy liabilities, but pitfalls abound.

Though federal disparate-impact enforcement has pulled back for now, private litigation continues, and juries are broadly skeptical of AI decision-making.

Standard contracts for cloud services can include hidden pitfalls such as backup risks, gaps in addressing third-party hosting vendors, and difficult exits.

At a conference last week, the Chief Accountant of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance emphasized that the SEC staff will scrutinize companies' financial reports in their upcoming reports on Form 10-K to see if they include required disclosures about the impacts of applying new accounting standards on revenue recognition, credit losses and leases.

Draft stronger arbitration clauses for business contracts with these practical tips to tailor necessary elements and optional provisions to parties' needs.