Last week, Senator Steven M. Glazer introduced a bill, SB 1482, that would require licensing of "commercial financing providers" and "commercial financing brokers" with the Department of Financial Protection & Innovation under the California...
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In yesterday's post, I discussed Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster's recent ruling in Palkon v. Maffeii, 2024 WL 678204 (Del. Ch. Feb. 20, 2024). The case concerned a challenge to the proposed redomestications of TripAdvisor, Inc. and Liberty...
Writing in DealLawyers.com, Meredith Ervine highlights one Delaware corporation's proposal to amend its certificate of incorporation to designate the corporation as the agent of its stockholders to pursue damages in the event that specific...
Over the years, I have been frequently called to assist in cases of wrongful termination. See What To Do When Your Business Entity Has BeenWrongfullyTerminated. Rarely have I encountered the converse - the formation of an entity using a stolen...
Each year, licensees under the California Financing Law (Cal. Fin. Code § 22000 et seq.) must file an annual report with the Department of Financial Protection & Innovation. The report is due on the Ides of March (the Ides of March). The DFPI uses...
The California General Corporation Law expectedly grants inspection rights to shareholders and directors of California corporations. Unexpectedly (at least to practitioners outside California), the GCL extends those rights to foreign corporations....
I expect that most, if not all, readers are familiar with the American Civil War, sometimes referred to as the "War Between the States". I suspect that few readers are familiar with another internecine war being waged at the same time. Next Thursday...
Last year, the California legislature enacted AB 1075 (Bauer-Kahan) which declares it to be unlawful "to include a noncompete clause in an employment contract, or to require an employee to enter a noncompete agreement, that does not satisfy an...
