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by Eric Geringswald | CSC Maryland General Corporation Law Maryland lawmakers approved legislation in 2022 that adds a new Subtitle 7 to Article 2 of the Maryland General Corporation Law (MGCL). The new law “provides an express statutory procedure...

by Eric Geringswald | CSC Arizona Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated CSC has just released the 2023 edition of Arizona Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated . The updated deskbook is a comprehensive collection of Arizona business law...

By National Veterans Legal Services Program Burn Pits Claims Assistance As we reflect on this Veterans Day, the National Veterans Legal Services Program ( NVLSP ) is proud to have recently marked the one-year anniversary of the launch of its Burn...

By Eric Geringswald | CSC New York Business Entity Case Law A New York court found that a shareholder could bring a direct suit and not just a derivative suit to address his complaint that a shareholders agreement had been violated. The shareholder...

Legal Trends in Inmate Litigation Throughout 2021 and 2022, new trends in use of force, medical care, mental health treatment, the Prison Rape Elimination Act, religious rights, and access to courts for the incarcerated emerged in corrections facilities...

By Eric Geringswald | CSC South Dakota Business Entity Law CSC, in collaboration with legal publisher LexisNexis, has released the inaugural edition of South Dakota Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated to provide legal professionals in the state...

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Florida Corporate Income Tax Florida’s General Assembly added or amended more than 40 sections of the state’s business entity laws, including new revised procedures for service of process and changes to the corporate...

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Colorado Fraudulent Filings Colorado lawmakers made more than 25 changes to the state’s business entity laws during the 2022 legislative session, including a new section that prohibits fraudulent corporate filings and...

Climate Change Litigation Each year the U.S. Department of Energy designates October as National Clean Energy Action Month, providing guidance in energy management and optimization suggestions for both federal and civilian agencies. As agencies make...

By Jim Wagstaffe | Partner at Wagstaffe, von Loewenfeldt, Busch, & Radwick LLC Motions that can win your client’s case As a former judicial law clerk, teacher of judges and practice guide author, I am often asked: “How do you win motions...

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Business and legal professionals practicing in Georgia have to stay on top of business case law to successfully manage their entities and complete transactions. A missed case could result in an incorrect application of the...

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Delaware lawmakers added or amended more than 50 sections of the state’s business laws governing Delaware corporations and alternative entities during the latest legislative session. Most changes went into effect on August...

By Jim Wagstaffe | Partner at Wagstaffe, von Loewenfeldt, Busch, & Radwick LLC What Law School Doesn’t Teach New Lawyers Just over a century ago, the study of law migrated from young lawyers apprenticing at the feet of their wise elders...

A new law passed by the Virginia Assembly during the 2022 session allows limited liability companies formed or operating in the state to prepay their annual registration fees for two or three years online. Until now, LLCs had to file annually or face...

Nevada legislators amended legislation regarding the fiduciary duties of directors and to clarify and confirm that when exercising their respective powers, directors and officers of a corporation may consider all relevant facts, circumstances, contingencies...

By Connie M. Friesen | Harvard Kennedy School This article appears in its entirety in the July-August release of The Banking Law Journal from LexisNexis A.S. Pratt . The Journal is available for purchase on the LexisNexis Store . U.S./China Financial...

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Wyoming Chancery Court Wyoming’s Chancery Court went live in December 2021 after the state’s Supreme Court adopted final rules for the new court three months earlier. The Wyoming legislature created the Chancery...

By Eric Geringswald | CSC CSC’s Oklahoma Deskbook CSC, in collaboration with legal publisher LexisNexis, has released the inaugural edition of Oklahoma Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated to provide legal professionals with the comprehensive...

Matthew Bender & Company There aren’t many brands that have been around to celebrate 135 years of business. And those that have are considered classics in their respective domains: soda lovers have Coca-Cola, whiskey-sippers have Jim Beam...

By Eric Geringswald | CSC How Terminated Illinois LLCs can be Reinstated Illinois lawmakers have amended the state’s Limited Liability Company Act to allow LLCs to revoke the decision to terminate if done within 90 days after the effective date...

Whether you're a trademark attorney or just curious about the overlap between the practice of intellectual property and cryptocurrencies, understanding the legal issues surrounding non-fungible tokens (NFTs), crypto assets, and NFTs' relation...

By Eric Geringswald Massachusetts Business Corporation Act As the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act, commonly referred to by its statutory designation as Chapter 156D, approaches its twentieth year, Massachusetts Attorney Kurt Hemr - Partner...

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Doing Business in All 50 States When should companies qualify to do business outside their state of formation? It’s complicated. Consider this case: In May 2020, a Pennsylvania LLC sued an Ohio LLC in Ohio for breach...

By Eric Geringswald Michigan Laws 2022 CSC, in collaboration with legal publisher LexisNexis, has released the inaugural edition of Michigan Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated to provide legal professionals with the comprehensive resource...

Cross-Examination Create better control of your cross-examination of any witness, including experts, with trial-proven techniques from cross-examination titans Larry Pozner and Roger Dodd. In the latest edition of Cross-Examination: Science and...