United States: Corporate Governance

Bringing on outside investors can provide the capital and strategic support a business needs to grow. However, raising capital also introduces important legal, financial, and operational considerations.

The Texas Business Court recently released an opinion in Alamo Title Company v. WFG National Title Company of Texas, LLC, that provides important guidance on how it interprets its subject matter jurisdiction, particularly with respect to matters involving intellectual property.

On March 16, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to Exchange Act Rule 15c2-11 that formally limit the rule's scope to equity securities.

During a public hearing on February 26, the California Air Resources Board unanimously voted to approve regulations implementing Senate Bill 253 (the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act) and Senate Bill 261 (the Climate-related Financial Risk Act).

It started with a routine task: a mid-sized publicly traded company was preparing a quarterly earnings call.

For much of the past two decades, multinational companies operated under a working assumption that, despite local variation, global regulation was slowly moving toward convergence.

The Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act (HFIAA) amended Exchange Act Section 16(a) to require directors and officers of foreign private issuers with a class of equity securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act (FPIs) to file Section 16 reports.

In the current uncertain economic environment, navigating complex capital and credit market conditions has become a core pillar of effective corporate stewardship. Boards of directors (responsible for enterprise-wide risk oversight) and management (in charge of day-to-day operations) are faced with increased challenges, tackling variable interest and inflation rates, expanding artificial intelligence (AI) related pressures, renewed investor scrutiny and persistent macroeconomic uncertainty, all of which hei

On February 27, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a final rule (Release No. 34-104903) (Final Rule) implementing the Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act...