Nevada Enacts Law Permitting Correction Of Erroneous Corporate Filings

In Chapter 9 of James Joyce's Ulysses, Stephen Dedalus proclaims "A man of genius makes no mistakes.  His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery". Alas, not every person filing a corporate record is a "man of genius" and mistakes are...

Nevada Enacts Changes To Stockholder Inspection Statute

As mentioned earlier this week, Nevada's regular legislative session ended on June 6.  During the session, the legislature enacted, and the Governor approved,  AB 126 which makes numerous changes to Nevada's business entity statutes. One of those...

Nevada's Legislative Session Ended Last Week But The Legislature Reconvenes Today To Address Just One Issue - The National Pastime

The Nevada legislature meets every other year for 120 days in odd numbered years, commencing on the first Monday in February.  Any legislative action taken after midnight Pacific time at the end of the 120th consecutive calendar day of that session...

Nevada Legislature Mulls Creation Of Fund For Victims Of Securities Fraud

It is an odd-numbered year and this means that the Nevada legislature is back in Carson City for its 82nd session.  One of the bills that it will be considering is AB 67 which would create a restitution fund for some, but not all, victims of...

Nevada Begins 81st Legislative Session With Proposal For Significant Corporate Law Changes

On Monday, the Nevada legislature commenced its 81st session.   The legislature meets biennially in odd numbered years.  The Session is limited to 120 days.  Nev. Const. Art. 4, § 2.  Yesterday, Senator James Ohrenschall introduced SB 95 which would make...

Why Did Nevada Honor This Delaware Governor?

In the corporate world, Nevada is often described as the "Delaware of the West". Nevada legislators are in fact quite explicit about their interest in competing with Delaware for corporate charters. In the most recent session, for example,...

It's An Odd Year When Nevada's Legislature Meets

Under Nevada's Constitution, Nevada's legislature meets biennially (i.e., every other year), a schedule not to be confused with with California's legislative biennium (i.e., lasting two years). Nev. Const. Art. 4, § 2(1). Nevada's current...

Want To File A Derivative Suit? You May Soon Be Required To Read Statutes

I have been writing recently about SB 203, a bill that is now pending in the Nevada legislature.  As introduced, the bill would, among other things, require the following:

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