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Notes on the legal issues shaping growth-stage companies.
FTC Updates Children’s Privacy Rules – Not Just for Children’s Products Anymore
The FTC’s rewritten children’s privacy rules are now fully in effect, and the agency says it’s ready to enforce them. Here’s what growth-stage companies with any young or mixed-age user base need to know, even if kids were never the target market.
Read more → Artificial IntelligenceThe Fight Over State AI Laws
The federal government has spent the past year trying to knock out state AI regulation through Congress, executive order, and now the courts. Colorado's AI law is the clearest test case yet of what that fight actually produces, and it is not the clean federal win founders might expect.
Read more → ComplianceDOJ’s New Rules on Corporate Self Disclosure
The Department of Justice unified its approach to corporate self-reporting this spring, then quietly made it more attractive for employees to report straight to federal prosecutors this summer. Together, the two changes shift the math on how fast a company needs to act once it learns something has gone wrong.
Read more → Corporate GovernanceGeorgia’s New Officer Liability Shield Option
A new Georgia law lets corporations limit officers' personal liability for duty-of-care claims the same way they've long been able to limit directors' liability, worth a look the next time you're drafting or amending a charter.
Read more → RegulatoryBeneficial Ownership Reporting Is Gone for Most Companies
FinCEN has made permanent its decision to scrap beneficial ownership reporting for U.S. companies, closing out one of the more disruptive compliance mandates founders have faced in recent years. Here is what actually changed, what still applies if your company has foreign ownership, and what belongs on your compliance calendar going forward.
Read more → AI & IPThe US Copyright Office’s AI Guidance Explained
The US Copyright Office has published a running series of reports on AI and copyright since 2023. Here is what each one actually says, and where to find it.
Read more → AI & IPWho Owns What Your AI Product Generates?
Ownership of AI-generated work product is rarely as simple as it seems. Here is where the law stands, and the contract questions worth asking now.
Read more → RegulatoryGeorgia’s Business Courts, Explained
House Bill 1185 significantly expanded the statewide Business Court's reach as of July 2026. Here's what that means for how you draft your governing documents.
Read more → Corporate GovernanceBeneficial Ownership Reporting: What Changed for Founders in 2026
As of August 2026, FinCEN eliminated BOI reporting requirements for U.S. companies and U.S. persons. Here's what that means, and who still has to file.
Read more → Corporate LawImportance of Recalibrating Corporate Governance and Structure During Growth Stages
Founders, as you ponder the direction of your company in 2026, are you confident that your business is structured for where it’s going rather than where it started? We are…
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