Rosten Law

12/19/2025

I am very excited to announce that a decade after its founding, Rosten Law has been relaunched. Rosten Law will remain committed to legal solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. Our core values are integrity, expertise, and client-focused service for our clients. Rosten Law is dedicated to...

05/03/2023

Keith Rosten is a partner at the law firm of Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP in Washington, D.C. He was recently interviewed on an episode of Latte with a Lawyer, which features discussions with lawyers. The podcast selects lawyers from throughout the country to discuss their strategies and tactics for making an impact on the legal profession. Rosten shared his perspective on working small and medium-sized businesses through the various business stages of development, from startup to growth to a more mature company. Here is the link to the podcast:

Keith A. Rosten represents small and medium-sized businesses in various business transactions. With a broad-based expertise that includes business formation, corporate and government contracting, Mr. Rosten understands small business, startups, nonprofits and government contractors. Before joining t...

07/28/2021

If you are a women owned small business, you should read our new blog on the new certification requirement.

Qualifying as women owned small business is a major competitive advantage in the government marketplace. Blog highlights criteria to qualify.

04/01/2021

BCR Monthly Webinar | April 7, 2021 9:30AM EST / 2:30PM GMT
U.S. Export Control Regulations
Registration

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xSTh1MZ2TQ2zMrfL-kNRzQ

This panel will focus on the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), especially export controls applicable to Russia and Crimea, and on the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The panel will discuss in particular export controls on restricted energy projects and the military end user rule. Anyone interested in exporting products or technology to countries in the former Soviet Union or anyone in that part of the world who is importing products or technology from the United States should tune into this webinar. This webinar will be the last webinar in the 2020-21 series.

Panelists: John Ordway
Michelle Turner Roberts
You are invited to attend and participate by registering here: REGISTRATION
• All seminars start at 9:30AM EST. This webinar will last for 1 hour.
• All seminars in English with simultaneous Russian translation.

U.S. Export Control Regulations This panel will focus on the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), especially export controls applicable to Russia and Crimea, and on the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The panel will discuss in particular export controls on restricted....

01/15/2021

BCR Eurasian Practice Group: Effect of U.S. Elections on Trade and Investment with Russia: Policy Implications
January 19, 2021 9:30AM EST / 2:30PM GMT / 5:30PM Moscow
Happy New Year! Our first legal webinar of the year is devoted to trade and investment. The panel will explore what changes we may expect from the incoming Biden Administration and how they may affect trade and investment with Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union.
Panelists: Ambassador Philip Kaplan
Professor Peter B. Maggs
Babak Hoghooghi
Moderator: Keith Rosten
Registration:

Elections in the United States have major implications on foreign trade and investment. Ambassador Philip Kaplan, Professor Peter Maggs and sanctions expert Babak Hoghooghi will discuss various political, economic and legal aspects of foreign trade and investment. This panel will be held right befor...

06/18/2020

Check out our new blog post on foreign investment in the U.S.

Foreign investment in the US. Foreign businesses survey the issues of tax, immigration, corporate structure, startup challenges, CFIUS reviews.

04/16/2020

Not surprisingly, PPP loan program for small businesses ran out of money.

The money is gone.

04/10/2020

All small businesses should apply for a loan under the massive Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Read this summary on the program.

Massive Paycheck Protection Program may be lifeline to small businesses suffering economic fallout from coronavirus. Summarizes PPP program requirements.

03/24/2020

Blog post on some of the contractual issues that small businesses may face in coping with the coronavirus.
http://www.rostenlaw.com/2020/03/24/coronavirus-small-businesses/

11/21/2019

Delegation from Kazakhstan Supreme Court visited my partners and me at Berliner Corcoran & Rowe to discuss intellectual property matters. Thank you to the ABA Rule of Law Program for organizing the visit. I received an ornate plaque, which is now gracing a shelf in my office.

10/24/2019

If you are starting your new business and will become a manager of the LLC, you should definitely read this new blog on fiduciary duties. You owe duties of loyalty and care to the other owners of the business. This article describes the extent of these duties.

Fiduciary duties are the duty of care and duty of loyalty. These duties impose a standard of conduct on managers to consider the interests of other members.