US Law
Structured content on US commercial and corporate law.
Company Formation
Choosing a state and an entity form in the US
"Everyone says Delaware" is not an answer, it is the question. What Delaware gives you, what it does not, and where your operating state comes in.
Company Formation
Forming a Delaware LLC: filings and timeline
One document, three items — and the company exists the moment it is filed. What goes in it, what does not, and what is never filed at all.
Company Formation
Non-resident founders: EIN, registered agent and banking
At the level of law the answer is yes. The difficulty sits elsewhere: the tax number and the bank account.
Company Formation
Ongoing obligations: the annual tax and good standing
One date, one payment, one consequence — and the consequence stays invisible until the moment you need something.
Contract Law
Forming a contract for goods in the US: UCC Article 2 and the battle of the forms
Why there is no single answer called "US contract law", how a goods contract is made, and why when both sides send their own terms it is not obvious whose win.
Contract Law
The statute of frauds: what must be in writing in the US
What the $500 threshold means, what counts as a writing, the three exceptions, and why this works fundamentally differently from the Uzbek rule.
Contract Law
Remedies for breach in the US: cover, market damages, specific performance
Why the American system gives money rather than goods, the two ways of measuring it for buyer and seller, and why an over-large penalty clause leaves you with nothing.