Readers of my case alerts may remember a July 2015 alert about the troubling North Carolina Court of Appeals decision in United Community Bank v. Wolfe...

Since then, sustainability reporting has continued to increase in quantity and quality, and SASB has maintained its position as a well-known, respected standard-setter.

Whistleblower tips and awards for securities law violations have increased dramatically over the past year, according to the staff of the SEC Enforcement Division's Office of the Whistleblower.

You may have heard by now that the U.K. plans to leave the European Union at some point in the next few years.

Getting charged extra for a late payment is standard protocol in lending practices.

In reaction to the growing political firestorm over illegal immigration, last week, the Department of Homeland Security announced its intent to significantly increase enforcement efforts and penalties against employers that use illegal immigrant workers.

Is it too late for a New Year’s resolution? If not, in-house counsel may want to make a pledge to conduct an annual review of certain IP assets and their use.

The U.S. Court of Federal Claims recently issued a decision arising from work at an Oklahoma dam that contains two holdings on Type I differing site condition claims helpful for contractors asserting such claims.

This is the latest, though probably not the last, step in the evolution of trade settlements.

mergers & acquisitions, transactions, contractual, working capital

Last week, the D.C. Circuit Court entered final judgment in the case, which upheld its prior rulings, and remanded it to the SEC for appropriate action.

When a company discovers environmental non-compliance at its facility, whether to self-report the non-compliance to a governmental agency is all too often the quandary.

California is implementing a law that has major implications for companies that deal in personal data as well as large to medium sized companies that have an internet presence in California.

Risk management professionals constantly preach that risk management is not compliance. Risk managers help set strategy.

When your company is sued as a result of an accident, you may be relieved when your insurance company provides a defense for the lawsuit. Questions may arise, however, over who selects the lawyer to defend your case, even if the insurance company is paying the lawyer. Those questions may need careful attention to be certain that everyone’s interests are protected.

For foreign companies considering market expansion and investment in the United States, there are two general avenues.

A trend, and now common practice, in the construction industry is for an owner or contractor to require contractors and subcontractors to name it as an additional insured on their commercial general liability insurance policies.

The duty to preserve evidence may seem obvious once a lawsuit is filed or you receive a subpoena or notice of a government investigation.

In this challenge, there's more than just bragging rights on the line. This week-long friendly competition between Ward and Smith and five other Triangle law firms benefits the Haven House Services

A little over one year ago, just as the country was heading into a period of unprecedented turbulence caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Small Business Reorganization Act (SBRA) went into effect...