Keith Paul Bishop

Keith Paul Bishop

Keith Bishop works with privately-held and publicly-traded companies on federal and state corporate and securities transactions, compliance, and governance matters. He is highly-regarded for his in-depth knowledge of the distinctive corporate and regulatory requirements faced by corporations in the state of California. While many law firms have a great deal of expertise in federal or Delaware corporate law, Keith’s specific focus on California corporate and securities law is uncommon. A former California state regulator of securities and financial institutions, Keith has decades of experience navigating the regulatory-intensive state’s rules. For companies with substantial operations in California but incorporated elsewhere, Keith is an exceptional resource. He is frequently called in to help with issues arising under California’s “blue sky” and lender laws. An avid writer, Keith’s blog, www.calcorporatelaw.com, covers a diverse collection of California corporate and securities law issues and has served as a valued resource for other attorneys, business executives, judges, and media, nationwide.

Recent Posts

Court Presumes LLC Statute Applies Retroactively But Declines To Apply Statute Retroactively

Marlene Dietrich reportedly said "When you're dead, you're dead, thats it."  At one time, that was true of limited liability companies formed under California's Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act. 

Bill Seeks To Provide Remedy For Unlawful Use Of Personal Identifying Information In Business Filings

Identity theft, including business identity theft, is all too common. In its most straightforward form, the thief simply appropriates the identity of an individual or business and uses that identity to obtain goods, services, credit or personal...

How Could So Many Get This Supreme Court Case Wrong?

Try searching for "Supreme Court narrows" and you will find numerous law firm memos and and articles with the following headline (or something very close to it): 

Court Finds Trader Joe's To Be A Stranger

To paraphrase Rudyard Kipling, tort is tort and contract is contract, and never the twain shall meet.  Ballad of East and West ("Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great...

California Bill Seeks To Impose Disclosure Requirements On Commercial Lenders

I have often remarked that the California Financing Law (fka Finance Lenders Law) imposes virtually no substantive lending requirements.  That will change if Steve Glazer succeeds in enacting SB 1235. This bill would require any person engaged in the...

Does The SEC Have A Duty To Correct Its Cybersecurity Statement?

Law firms and legal commentators have been churning out discussions of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Statement and Guidance on Public Company Cybersecurity Disclosures. Rather than simply regurgitate the statement, I will take issue with...

Did The SEC Violate The APA In Publishing Its Statement And Guidance on Cybersecurity Disclosures?

The federal Administrative Procedure Act is both straightforward and general.  It defines a "rule" as "the whole or a part of an agencystatement of general or particular applicability and future effect designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe...

Delaware Corporation Headquartered In Utah Agrees To Buy Assets Of Another Delaware Corporation For Cash, So Why Does California Law Govern Shareholder Approval?

Overstock.com, Inc. is an on-line retailer with its principal executive offices located in Midvale, Utah.  Earlier this month, Overstock.com announced that it had agreed to buy the assets of Houserie, Inc. Both companies are incorporated in Delaware...

Supreme Court Holds Whistleblower Must First Blow The Whistle To The SEC

In 2010, the United States Congress included both whistleblower incentives and protections in the Dodd-Frank Act. If you are going to reward or protect "whistleblowers", it is helpful to know who they are. Congress helpfully included the following...