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International Business Law

Corporations, LLCs & Partnerships

Crossing the Border: A Foreign Entity’s Guide to Establishing a Business in Canada
14 Min Read International Business Law
October 30, 2026

Crossing the Border: A Foreign Entity’s Guide to Establishing a Business in Canada

By: Crystal Park, Luke Hills, Faran Umar-Khitab
Canada offers an attractive gateway for foreign businesses looking to establish or expand a North American presence, including U.S. businesses expanding north of the border; a stable legal system, a skilled workforce, and extensive trade agreements make it an appealing destination. This article provides an overview of the key considerations for foreign entities establishing a... Read more »

Corporations, LLCs & Partnerships

Forming a Nonprofit Corporation: A Primer for Business Attorneys

Mergers & Acquisitions

International Business Law

The Strait of Hormuz and Its Implications for Cross-Border Acquisitions
147 Min Read Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation
October 12, 2026

Recent Developments in Business Courts 2026

By: Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, Business Law Section, American Bar Association  | October 12, 2026

Internet Law & Cybersecurity

Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Show Me Your System Cards: AI Risk and What Companies Should Know
6 Min Read Internet Law & Cybersecurity
October 1, 2026

Show Me Your System Cards: AI Risk and What Companies Should Know

By: Robert Botkin, Sarah Hutchins, Susie Lloyd
A wrongful death lawsuit, Raine v. OpenAI, has put a once-obscure governance document at the center of artificial intelligence litigation strategy. System cards, the structured disclosures AI developers publish to describe how their systems perform, are now being used by both plaintiffs and defendants to establish what a company knew, when it knew it, and... Read more »

Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation

Recent Developments in Business Divorce Litigation 2026

Corporations, LLCs & Partnerships

Business Regulation & Regulated Industries

Navigating ‘Capacity’ in D&O Claims: Why Policy Language, Titles (and Even Signature Blocks) Matter
85 Min Read Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation
September 18, 2026

Recent Developments in Corporate Law 2026

By: Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, Business Law Section, American Bar Association  | September 18, 2026

Internet Law & Cybersecurity

Business Regulation & Regulated Industries

When Copyright Claims Hit the Stream: DMCA Lessons for Live-Streamers and Their Counsel
11 Min Read Internet Law & Cybersecurity
September 17, 2026

When Copyright Claims Hit the Stream: DMCA Lessons for Live-Streamers and Their Counsel

By: L. Kevin Levine, Olen L. York, Kevin G. Knotts, Casey W. Baker
For online streamers, copyright enforcement is no longer an abstract, back-end compliance issue. As illustrated by music educator Rick Beato’s recent disputes over copyright claims involving short clips used in commentary and teaching videos on YouTube[1] and the Twitch music takedown waves of 2020 and 2021,[2] copyright enforcement can quickly become a business-interruption problem. The... Read more »

Mergers & Acquisitions

Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution

A Contractarian Retelling of the Frog-and-Scorpion Fable

Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Securities Law

A Remedy Without a Lawsuit: Business Litigation After FS Credit Opportunities v. Saba Capital

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 The Strait of Hormuz and Its Implications for Cross-Border Acquisitions

When Your Vendor Adds AI: Key Legal and Practical Considerations for Clients

Show Me Your System Cards: AI Risk and What Companies Should Know

Modern ADR Strategies for Financial Disputes

Recent Developments in Corporate Law 2026
85 Min Read
September 18, 2026

Recent Developments in Corporate Law 2026

By: Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, Business Law Section, American Bar Association

Editor Emily A. Letcher Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 900 Wilmington, DE 19801 302.472.7314 [email protected] Contributors Kerime…

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 A Contractarian Retelling of the Frog-and-Scorpion Fable

D.C. Circuit Upholds Jury Damages Award to GSE Shareholders

Data Centers in the Spotlight
4 Min Read
August 24, 2026

Data Centers in the Spotlight

By: Jae Hyung Ryu

This article previews a Showcase CLE program at the American Bar Association Business Law Section’s upcoming Fall Meeting in…

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International Business Law

Corporations, LLCs & Partnerships

Crossing the Border: A Foreign Entity’s Guide to Establishing a Business in Canada

Corporations, LLCs & Partnerships

Forming a Nonprofit Corporation: A Primer for Business Attorneys

Mergers & Acquisitions

International Business Law

The Strait of Hormuz and Its Implications for Cross-Border Acquisitions

Corporations, LLCs & Partnerships

Business of Law

From Problem Solver to Challenge Tester: Leveraging a Lawyer’s Unique Skills in the Boardroom

Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation

Recent Developments in Business Courts 2026
147 Min Read Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation
October 12, 2026

Recent Developments in Business Courts 2026

By: Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, Business Law Section, American Bar Association  | October 12, 2026

Internet Law & Cybersecurity

When Your Vendor Adds AI: Key Legal and Practical Considerations for Clients

Bankruptcy & Finance

Before Bankruptcy: Algorithmic Shadow Insolvency

Securities Law

Internet Law & Cybersecurity

Bankruptcy & Finance

Tokenization of Financial Assets: Key Regulatory, Market, Legal, and Legislative Considerations

Internet Law & Cybersecurity

Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Show Me Your System Cards: AI Risk and What Companies Should Know

Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation

Recent Developments in Business Divorce Litigation 2026

Corporations, LLCs & Partnerships

Business Regulation & Regulated Industries

Navigating ‘Capacity’ in D&O Claims: Why Policy Language, Titles (and Even Signature Blocks) Matter

Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Bankruptcy & Finance

Modern ADR Strategies for Financial Disputes

Business Regulation & Regulated Industries

Internet Law & Cybersecurity

Thomson Reuters v. Ross, One Year Later: A Narrower Precedent Than the Headlines Suggested

Business of Law

Toward a More Perfect Union: Lessons from My Father

Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation

Recent Developments in Corporate Law 2026
85 Min Read Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation
September 18, 2026

Recent Developments in Corporate Law 2026

By: Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, Business Law Section, American Bar Association  | September 18, 2026

Corporations, LLCs & Partnerships

Business of Law

When Corporate Counsel’s Phone Buzzes: A Governance Framework for Politically Consequential Board Decisions

Internet Law & Cybersecurity

Business Regulation & Regulated Industries

When Copyright Claims Hit the Stream: DMCA Lessons for Live-Streamers and Their Counsel

Mergers & Acquisitions

Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution

A Contractarian Retelling of the Frog-and-Scorpion Fable

Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Securities Law

A Remedy Without a Lawsuit: Business Litigation After FS Credit Opportunities v. Saba Capital

Business Regulation & Regulated Industries

Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution

How Helms-Burton Act Recoveries Are Taxed

Business Regulation & Regulated Industries

Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution

D.C. Circuit Upholds Jury Damages Award to GSE Shareholders

Business Regulation & Regulated Industries

Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Should Text Messages Be Considered ‘Calls’ Under the TCPA? The Seventh Circuit Says No

Business of Law

Don’t Set and Forget Your Contracts

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Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Internet Law & Cybersecurity

Data Centers in the Spotlight
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