California Corporate & Securities Law

The California General Corporation Law is part of the California Corporations Code, but not every corporation incorporated in California is formed or governed by the General Corporation Law. In fact, the Corporations Code includes separate law...

In a recently published article, Professors Samantha J. Prince & Joshua P. Fershée focus on the propensity to conflate corporations with limited liability companies:

I recently addressed the question of whether the exchange of emails might constitute a corporate board meeting.  Recently, Professor Stephen Bainbridge pointed out that he discussed this question more than two decades ago.    He writes (and wrote): "To...

Yesterday, the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation warned investors that an "entity calling itself “Hartman Cain & Associates,” which represents itself as a law firm based in California, and operates the website...

I recently discussed whether chat messages constitute "minutes" of a meeting.  A related question is whether emails constitute a meeting.

California Corporations Code Section 25118(b) provides an exemption from the state's usury limitations for loans. The exemption is subject to several conditions. One condition is the existence of either a preexisting relationship or a level of...

NRS 78.585 provides that dissolution does not impair any remedy or cause of action against a dissolved Nevada corporation or its directors, officers, or stockholders if it is  commenced within:

A California corporation is required to keep "minutes of the proceedings of its shareholders, board and committees of the board". Cal. Corp. Code § 1500. Minutes are required to be open to inspection upon the written demand of any shareholder (or...

The California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act deals separately with the dissolution and cancellation of a California limited liability company and the cancellation of registration of a foreign limited liability company. Yet, the...