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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...



SaaS-pocalypse now

Apr. 15, 2026
By Craig Anderson

AI fears and geopolitical jitters shook M&A dealmakers in Q1 even as megadeals hit a record, while a sharp drop in SEC enf...



Is California ready to revisit nuclear?

Apr. 8, 2026
By Craig Anderson

California's 50-year moratorium on new nuclear power plants is facing fresh scrutiny as rising energy demand, climate goals an...



When 'mission protection' meets M&A reality

Apr. 6, 2026
By Craig Anderson

The messy unraveling of Ben & Jerry's unusual post-acquisition independence deal has corporate lawyers asking whether a st...


A federal judge in Sacramento has temporarily blocked the merger of the country's two largest English-language TV station owne...



Anthropic may win in court--but lose the market

Mar. 16, 2026
By Craig Anderson

Even if Anthropic wins its legal fight against the Trump administration's national-security designation, experts say the comme...



Live Nation deal sparks state revolt against DOJ

Mar. 11, 2026
By Craig Anderson

The Trump administration's decision to let Live Nation keep Ticketmaster has put 25 states in the rare and unenviable position...


Florida's bid to become a tech hub is being undercut by its own law, legal experts say, with a new rule allowing noncompete cl...



The unprecedented supply chain ban on Anthropic

Mar. 4, 2026
By Craig Anderson

The Trump administration is threatening to designate Anthropic a national security supply-chain risk -- a move legal experts s...



The $8 gas question

Mar. 2, 2026
By Craig Anderson

California has lost 17% of its refining capacity in months -- and with more closures looming, experts are debating whether dri...


A proposed one-time 5% wealth tax on California's roughly 200 billionaires is sparking debate over whether it will fund health...


A former DOJ official's explosive allegations that political lobbyists corrupted the government's approval of a major tech mer...