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

Senator Introduces Bill To Allow LLCs To Be Licensed As Real Estate Brokers

Section 17701.04(b) of the California Corporations Code provides:

Ninth Circuit Finds No Reliance On Auditor's Qualified Opinions

In 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission sued Danny Pang and his two companies for allegedly defrauding investors of hundreds of millions of dollars by misrepresenting investments in the life insurance policies of senior citizens and in...

Section 11 Class Actions And The Magna Carta

If you had a dispute in Medieval England, it would likely be heard in the court of the local baron. Some disputes, however, caught the interest of the monarch and would be heard in a royal court. In the twelfth century, King Henry II instituted...

California Member Rights To Inspect Delaware LLC Records

A Delaware limited liability company might reasonably expect that Section 18-305 of Title 6 of the Delaware Code governs the inspection rights of its members. However, members of a foreign LLC, including an LLC organized under Delaware law, may have...

Is Section 141(d) Truly Oxymoronic?

Section 141(d) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that the directors of any corporation may "be divided into 1, 2, or 3 classes". It's hard to make sense of this statement. First, I don't believe that Delaware legislature meant to...

Advising Antigone - What Would You Do?

This weekend, I plan to see The Antigone Project, an adaptation of Sophocles' fifth century B.C.E. play, Antigone. The play is about Antigone who is the daughter and sister of Oedipus (a man, according to Tom Lehrer, with an "odd complex") and his...

California's Blue Sky Law May Cast A Shadow On Some Foreign Issuer Equity Plans

Foreign issuers whose securities are not listed on either the NASDAQ or New York stock exchange may overlook the need to comply with California's Corporate Securities Law of 1968 when making equity plan awards to their California employees. Without...

Why Did This Dissolved Corporation File Reports With The SEC For Another 18 Years?

Recently, I happened upon across an odd case arising currently pending in the Southern District of Texas, Aztec Oil & Gas, Inc. v. Fisher, Case No. Civ. No. A. H-15-0866 (Jan. 21, 2016).  The ruling issued by Judge Melinda Harmon last month recounts...

Private Email Woes Infect The Private Sector

Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster's ruling in Amalgamated Bank v. Yahoo!, Inc., C.A. No. 10774-VCL (Del. Ch. Feb. 2, 2016) should sound a tocsin to directors that their "private" emails may not be so private. The ruling addressed Amalgamated Bank's...