by RG | Jun 16, 2026 | legal matters
A partner in the Raleigh, North Carolina, office of Cranfill Sumner LLP, Dominic Totman has focused his career on providing transactional representation combined with ongoing, strategic counsel to businesses. “I was drawn to transactional work because it allows me to...
by RG | Jun 16, 2026 | legal matters
For decades, judicial dissolution was viewed as the “nuclear option” in shareholder and member disputes involving closely held businesses—an extreme remedy reserved for situations where the business relationship had become irretrievably broken or a threat to force a...
by RG | Jun 16, 2026 | legal matters
The FinCEN Residential Real Estate Rule, which took effect on March 1, 2026, has been closely followed by real estate transactional attorneys, but many practitioners in related fields, especially trusts and estates and litigation, may be less familiar with its...
by RG | Jun 16, 2026 | Law.com
Founders raising their first outside dollars often sign financing documents quickly to keep momentum. But small choices can have big consequences. The agreement type—and how its terms interact with later-round agreements—can shrink founders’ ownership stake more...
by RG | Jun 16, 2026 | Law.com
The top 50 Am Law firms saw the largest increase in leverage between 2020 and 2025, on average increasing leverage by 1.04 points, while the bottom quartile only increased leverage on average by 0.16 points. The top 50 Am Law firms saw the largest increase in...