California Corporate & Securities Law

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued interpretive guidance to assist issuers in complying with the pay ratio rule.  At the same time, the Division of Corporation Finance staff issued guidance concerning how companies might use...

On the penultimate day of the current session, the California legislature passed SB 179 (Atkins & Wiener). If signed into law by Governor Brown, this bill would enact the California Gender Recognition Act. In general, SB 179 would create a third,...

As discussed in the two preceding posts, Nevada's Supreme Court last week decided to adopt New York's standard of review of special litigation committee recommendations to dismiss stockholder derivative suits.  In re Dish Network Derivative...

Yesterday's post limned the Nevada Supreme Court's adoption of New York's Auerbach standard of review for special litigation committee recommendations.  In re Dish Network Derivative Litigation, 133 Nev. Adv. Op. 61 (2017). The Supreme Court...

Nevada law endows a board of directors "full control over the affairs of the corporation".  NRS 78.120(1).  This control is subject only to such limitations as may be provided by NRS chapter 7, or the articles of incorporation of the corporation.  Id.  ...

Former New York Surrogate Gideon J. Tucker would be happy today. Pursuant to Joint Rule 61(a)(15), today is the last day for California's legislature to pass bills. Today, also marks the beginning of the legislature's interim study recess (Joint...

In less than a month, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Leidos, Inc. v. Indiana Public Retirement System (Docket No. 16-581).  The question presented in Leidos is:

On July 21, 2017, Delaware's 74th Governor, John Carney, signed SB 69 into law. This legislation amended various provisions of Delaware's General Corporation Law (Title 8, Delaware Code) ostensibly to establish express statutory authority for...

In preceding posts, I commented on the multifarious definitions of "person" in the Securities Act of 1933, the Exchange Act of 1934 and various laws within the California Corporations Code. As noted, the Corporations Code's definition of "person" is...