Business Law and Corporate Law

Writing for the New York Law Journal, Karen T. Schiele and Alison Powers Herman of Carter Ledyard's Trusts & Estates practice, highlight the importance of a strategic approach to charitable estate planning.

Trust and estate planning can help athletes and entertainers protect their wealth, rights, and legacy.

As the year 2025 drew to a close, the Appellate Courts were busy rendering opinions impacting the field of trusts and estates. Consider the following decisions of interest.

On February 18, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, Inc., alleging sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Jenny's remarks underscore DOJ's continuing focus on its Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, an effort it announced in May 2025 to use the FCA, with its treble damages and penalties, to investigate federal funds recipients' DEI practices as violations of civil rights laws. DOJ previously announced this was a priority of the Civil Division.

The U.S. Sun Belt is poised for a manufacturing boom as companies balance long-term planning with short-term needs. Over the past two decades, the Sun Belt states have...

Mexico's Tax Administration Service (SAT) launched the 2026 Fiscal Regularization Program on January 22, offering businesses a strategic opportunity to resolve outstanding tax obligations with unprecedented penalty relief.

"You know what makes this bird go up? Funding makes this bird go up." Dennis Quaid's line from The Right Stuff has felt less like movie dialogue and more like a policy memo these past two weeks in Washington.

On February 12, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.'s ("FINRA") amendments (the "Amendments") to FINRA Rule 3220...

This is a reminder that annual report filings are due in March 2026 for corporations formed or registered in Delaware and Massachusetts.

If you are running a small business or planning to launch one, access to capital is often the single biggest obstacle standing between where you are today and where you want to be.

Around this time of year, I always get a note from a panicked startup company that has logged in to pay their annual Delaware franchise...