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Enforce and Protect Act Sets Fixed Deadlines for Customs Duty-Evasion Investigations
How CBP investigates allegations that an importer evaded antidumping or countervailing duties: the statutory clocks, the interim measures that bite before any finding, and the confidential-information rules the Federal Circuit forced open.
Federal Law Sets a Five-Year Floor on Gift Card Expiration
A 2009 amendment to the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, enforced through Regulation E, bars most store and prepaid gift cards from expiring in under five years and caps dormancy fees, with carve-outs shoppers rarely see printed on the card.
What the WARN Act Actually Owes Workers When a Plant Closes
Sixty days' notice is the whole of the federal promise — and the record shows how often it is narrower, shorter, or unenforced than the phrase suggests.
Prime Rate Holds at 6.75%: What It Costs Your Business Loan
75% — here is how that number actually reaches a line of credit or an SBA 7(a) loan.
The Automatic Stay: How a Bid Protest Freezes a Contract
A losing bidder's protest to the Government Accountability Office can stop a federal contract cold. The mechanism runs on two statutes, a 100-day clock, and a narrow set of overrides.
What qualified immunity covers, and where it stops
The doctrine shields officials from most civil rights lawsuits unless the right they violated was already "clearly established" — a standard that has grown narrower since the Supreme Court adopted it in 1982.
Supreme Court Curbs Nationwide Injunctions In CASA Ruling
A 6-3 decision in Trump v. CASA limits federal district courts to relief for the parties actually before them, reshaping how future litigants can challenge federal policy nationwide.
What five years of product bundling did to The New York Times' subscriber math
5 million digital subscribers — but the company's own numbers show the easy gains are already behind it.
The New York Times raised prices for loyal subscribers, and ARPU followed
4% digital subscription revenue growth in the same quarter — one company, one pricing move, per its own disclosure.
How prevented planting payments are calculated under crop insurance
The federal program pays a share of a crop's guarantee when planting deadlines pass unmet. The percentage, the dates, and the acreage minimum are set in the policy well before a wet spring makes them relevant.
More paid vacation didn't fix America's day-off problem
Access to paid time off is near a high point, but a large share of workers still leave days unused — the gap comes down to workload, tenure and who's watching.
How Congress Kills a Federal Rule in 60 Days
The Congressional Review Act runs on several clocks at once. Here is what each one counts, why the Senate needs only 51 votes, and what a disapproved rule can never become.
How the SBA Microloan Program Actually Works for Founders
The federal program caps loans at $50,000 and routes every dollar through nonprofit lenders. Here is what it covers, what it costs, and what disqualifies an application.
What 'Affairs of State' Actually Means in Governance
The phrase sounds ceremonial. In practice it marks the line between a government's public business and everything else a state does.
How the SEC's Whistleblower Award Program Works Under Dodd-Frank
A step-by-step look at eligibility, award size, and retaliation protections under the SEC's Dodd-Frank whistleblower program, drawn from the agency's own program materials and its fiscal 2025 report to Congress.
What COBRA Actually Guarantees After a Layoff: The Fine Print Behind the 18-Month Rule
Federal law lets laid-off workers keep their employer health plan for up to 18 months. It says nothing about making the premium affordable.
Prime Rate Holds at 6.75% After the Fed's Split Decision
The Fed left its target range unchanged on a 9-3 vote, keeping the prime rate that indexes most small-business credit lines flat for now.
Continuing Resolutions: How Stopgap Funding Actually Works
A continuing resolution does not fund next year's priorities — it freezes last year's, account by account, until Congress finishes the job or funding lapses altogether.
How the FCC sets price caps on prison phone calls
" The caps they've set have moved twice in two years — down sharply in 2024, then back up in 2025.
What basis means for the price your elevator actually pays
The futures board sets a benchmark, but basis is the number that turns it into a real delivery ticket — and it swung harder than usual through the 2024-2025 marketing year.
What Psychological Safety Actually Means, and Why Leaders Now Measure It
A concept once waved away as a soft-skills buzzword has two decades of peer-reviewed research behind it. Here is what the term actually describes, and why some leaders track it like a business metric.
How Congress Counts Electoral Votes Under the Reformed Rules
The 2022 rewrite of the Electoral Count Act set a one-fifth objection threshold, named the state executive as the single certifying official, and made the presiding officer's role ministerial.
What an SBA 7(a) Loan Really Costs Small Business Owners
Beyond the interest rate, the SBA's most popular loan program comes with an upfront guaranty fee and a separate annual service fee, and the agency — not the bank — sets the ceiling on both.
How Section 220 Lets Delaware Stockholders Demand Corporate Records
The Delaware General Corporation Law gives stockholders a narrow but well-tested tool to inspect a company's internal records before deciding whether to sue — and a 2025 legislative overhaul has redrawn its edges.
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