United States: Contracts and Commercial Law

Nossaman LLP's Compliance Notes newsletter delivers essential updates on regulatory developments, legal requirements, and compliance strategies affecting businesses across multiple industries.

The Second Circuit has ruled that the National Bank Act preempts New York's interest-on-escrow law, creating a circuit split with the First and Ninth Circuits.

The CFTC's Division of Enforcement has issued a new advisory establishing a clearer path to declinations for companies that self-report violations, while Chairman Selig signals unprecedented coordination with the SEC, FINRA, and NFA. Meanwhile, the agency continues aggressive enforcement actions in prediction markets, including a preemption lawsuit against Minnesota's sweeping ban and insider trading charges against a Google employee.

Governor Jared Polis has signed SB 26-189 (the Automated Decision-Making Technology Act), a comprehensive rewrite of Colorado's landmark AI Act that will take effect on January 1, 2027.

A Delaware court examines fiduciary duty claims in a dilutive cramdown financing, analyzing whether a 26.4% blockholder qualifies as a controlling stockholder and whether directors breached their duties.

On May 27, 2026, the Governor of Connecticut approved legislation restricting certain hospital sale-leaseback transactions and imposing new requirements relating to private equity entity involvement in hospital governance and operations.

Most business owners treat arbitration clauses as boilerplate — something to paste in at the end of a contract without much thought. That is a mistake.

Not every business partnership ends with someone buying the others out. Sometimes the relationship deteriorates to the point where no one wants to stay, no one wants to sell, and the only thing the partners can agree...

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