More than a half century ago, the World Health Assembly established the International Agency for Research on Cancer as the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization. Although headquartered in Lyon, France, the IARC has a critical...
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In 2011, the Department of Business Oversight filed a civil action against Investco Management & Development LLC and its promoters alleging various violations of the securities laws in connection with the offer and sale of LLC membership interests....
I have previously written about one California legislator's plan to impose gender quotas on publicly traded companies that have their principal executive offices in the state. The bill is being heard today by the Senate Banking and Financial...
This should be a straightforward question - Are qualification and registration requirements under state securities laws preempted with respect to industrial development bonds?
California Corporations Code Section 25100 is a long list of securities exempt from the qualification requirements of the Corporate Securities Law of 1968. Last on this list (Section 25100(t)) is any security issued or guaranteed by and representing...
Yesterday, the Nevada Supreme Court held that one party's material breach of a contract releases the non-breaching party's contractual obligation to a third-party beneficiary. Cain v. Price, 134 Nev. Adv. Op. 26 (2018). In this case, the contract...
An effort by several California legislators to impose gender quotas on publicly held corporations will be heard next week by the Banking and Financial Institutions Committee. SB 826, as amended on April 3, will apply to both California domestic...
Many may have heard of Cede and Company, but what exactly is it and who owns it? Cede is a New York partnership, of which Depository Trust Company and The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation are partners. The former, DTC, is a New York...
