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The market that never sleeps

Aug. 3, 2026
By Craig Anderson

The SEC will weigh proposals for near round-the-clock stock trading at a roundtable next month, with lawyers split over whethe...



Paramount stops playing defense

Jul. 29, 2026
By Craig Anderson



The DEI boardroom battle isn't over

Jul. 27, 2026
By Craig Anderson



Merger freeze could get expensive

Jul. 22, 2026
By Craig Anderson

A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking Paramount Skydance's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. D...



FCC plan could supercharge broadcast M&A

Jul. 20, 2026
By Craig Anderson

The FCC will vote next month on a proposal to eliminate the 39% national ownership cap on local TV stations, a move Chairman B...


Proxy advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis face a Republican-led campaign of lawsuits, disclosure laws and a Trump executive ord...


U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports steady progress refunding the $166 billion in tariffs struck down by the U.S. Supre...



The race for corporate America

Jul. 6, 2026
By Craig Anderson

Nevada and Texas have attracted a combined 29 announced corporate moves midway through the year -- fast approaching 2025's tot...



States test the limits of antitrust power

Jul. 1, 2026
By Craig Anderson

State attorneys general, including California's Rob Bonta, are testing their ability to enforce antitrust laws independent of ...



Government equity goes to court

Jun. 29, 2026
By Craig Anderson

An Intel investor has filed a derivative lawsuit against the company's board and the U.S. Department of Commerce over the gove...



Energy uncertainty comes home

Jun. 24, 2026
By Craig Anderson

Even as the U.S. military conflict with Iran winds down, California's energy debates are continuing along their pre-war path, ...



SaaS-pocalypse, meet Anthropic

Jun. 22, 2026
By Craig Anderson

Anthropic is battling the Trump administration on two fronts -- a Commerce Department export control directive that prompted i...



The patent review system Congress built is on trial

Jun. 17, 2026
By Craig Anderson

The U.S. Supreme Court has asked for responses to Google's petition challenging a Patent and Trademark Office policy that make...



The rise of founder rule

Jun. 15, 2026
By Craig Anderson

SpaceX's trading debut Friday, with Elon Musk controlling 85% of the voting power, highlights the rise of dual-class structure...



The AI boom's growing NIMBY problem

Jun. 10, 2026
By Craig Anderson

Monterey Park became the first city in the nation to ban data centers by public vote last week, with 86% approving Measure NDC...



The $166B tariff mess begins

Jun. 8, 2026
By Craig Anderson

More than three months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's tariffs, the reimbursement process --...



Anthropic is going public -- and to court

Jun. 3, 2026
By Craig Anderson

Anthropic has confidentially filed for an initial public offering even as it sues the SEC and other federal agencies over Defe...



More offerings, less oversight?

Jun. 1, 2026
By Craig Anderson

The SEC has proposed two rule changes designed to lower the cost of raising capital for small- and midcap companies, which att...



AI's next threat: A voter backlash

May 27, 2026
By Craig Anderson

AI companies are racing toward blockbuster IPOs even as their own CEOs warn the technology could wipe out millions of white-co...


San Francisco wants to become the first city in California to open a public bank -- but it still needs voters, the FDIC, and p...



LIV and let die?

May 20, 2026
By Craig Anderson

The Saudi sovereign wealth fund's retreat from LIV Golf has left the tour's players -- including eleven who sued the PGA Tour ...


A Freshfields partner is challenging the legal consensus that Delaware's corporate law bars mandatory arbitration of securitie...


California quietly sidestepped a decision on nuclear power this month, turning a bill that would have cracked open the state's...


Judge Albright built the Western District of Texas into the nation's busiest patent court almost single-handedly -- now that h...


The SEC wants to let companies swap quarterly reports for semiannual ones -- but corporate lawyers say most large public compa...



'Shenanigans' at the PTO?

May 4, 2026
By Craig Anderson

Google is asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on a Trump administration patent policy that makes it nearly impossible to chal...



Speeding IPOs, outsourcing enforcement?

Apr. 29, 2026
By Craig Anderson

The SEC wants to fast-track IPOs -- but its plan to let the plaintiffs' bar police corporate wrongdoing after the fact strikes...



A pipeline, a bet, and a legal landscape

Apr. 27, 2026
By Craig Anderson

California's "fuel island" status may get a lifeline from an old-economy fix -- a cross-country pipeline that Kinder Morgan an...



Antitrust power shifts to the states

Apr. 22, 2026
By Craig Anderson

State attorneys general are racking up antitrust wins against mergers and monopolies even when federal regulators back down, w...



Delaware fights to keep its corporate crown

Apr. 20, 2026
By Craig Anderson

Delaware is fighting to defend its corporate incorporation dominance with new legislation and court rulings as Texas and Nevad...