Business Law and Corporate Law

Nossaman LLP is a law firm offering comprehensive legal services across multiple practice areas. The firm provides expertise in areas including infrastructure, real estate, environmental law, and litigation, serving clients through offices in California and other locations.

Strong corporate board governance addresses four key themes: process discipline, board effectiveness, managing risk, and boardroom culture.

Business mediation offers companies a confidential, cost-effective alternative to courtroom litigation for resolving commercial disputes. Through the guidance of a neutral third party, businesses can negotiate settlements while maintaining control over outcomes and preserving valuable relationships. Understanding the mediation process, its advantages over traditional litigation, and the keys to successful resolution can help companies make informed decisions about dispute resolution strategies.

Agentic wallets empower AI to execute payments, contracts, and business decisions autonomously. But US law offers no legal personhood for AI systems. Every action an AI agent takes must be attributed to a human or corporate actor, even when the AI behaves unpredictably or beyond what the user or developer intended.

Nossaman LLP is a law firm offering comprehensive legal services across multiple practice areas. The firm provides expertise in areas including infrastructure, real estate, environmental law, and litigation, serving clients through offices in California and other locations.

Navigating the complex legal landscape of licensed video games requires careful attention to intellectual property rights, approval processes, and revenue structures. From understanding what's actually included in a license to planning for the end of a licensing term, game developers face unique challenges when adapting existing franchises that don't exist with original IP.

Executive employment agreements require careful attention to interconnected provisions that affect compensation, severance, tax treatment, and post-employment obligations. Understanding how bonus structures...

The Delaware Court of Chancery issued its first interpretation of the 2025 amendments to Section 144 of the DGCL in a derivative lawsuit challenging director compensation decisions at Fidelity National Financial. The decision establishes how courts will apply the amended statute's safe-harbor provisions for conflicted transactions and its presumption of director independence, while confirming that director self-compensation remains subject to heightened judicial scrutiny.

When employees leave a startup, they typically have just 90 days to exercise their vested stock options or lose them forever—a deadline that can force departing team members to forfeit equity they genuinely earned if they cannot afford the exercise price and tax bill. Some high-profile companies have responded by extending this window to seven or even ten years, but does this employee-friendly gesture create unintended consequences for cap tables, tax treatment, and the employees who stay?

In C.S. v. Brick Recycling Co., the New Jersey Appellate Division vacated a trial court decision requiring the disclosure of documents relating to an attorney-led workplace investigation into sexual harassment. In doing so, the court provided important guidance on the discoverability of documents relating to such investigations.

The D.C. Circuit's landmark decision in United States v. Navarro establishes that only the president or an authorized designee may invoke executive privilege in response to congressional subpoenas, fundamentally reshaping the obligations of current and former government officials. This comprehensive analysis examines the constitutional foundations of congressional investigative power, enforcement mechanisms ranging from criminal contempt to civil litigation, and the critical defenses available to subpoena r

New York courts issued significant estate litigation rulings this spring, addressing undue influence claims, attorney-client privilege protections, and the admission of lost wills. These decisions clarify important procedural and substantive standards for estate practitioners navigating complex probate disputes.