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

Articles Of Incorporation Doom Representational Standing
The Short Term Rental Alliance of San Diego is an advocacy and education organization whose members include landlords and hosts with at least one single-family short-term rental property located in the “San Diego Coastal Overlay.”   It is a nonprofit...
A Recent Reminder That Omitting This Averment May Doom A Derivative Claim

Section 800 of the California Corporations Code applies to actions brought in the name of any domestic or foreign corporation, aka derivative actions. It is similar, but not the same as, Delaware Court of Chancery Rule 23.1 and Federal Rule of Civil...

Nevada Enacts Changes To Stockholder Inspection Statute

As mentioned earlier this week, Nevada's regular legislative session ended on June 6.  During the session, the legislature enacted, and the Governor approved,  AB 126 which makes numerous changes to Nevada's business entity statutes. One of those...

TripAdvisor Reports Approval Of Nevada Redomestication

In April, I wrote about a lawsuit challenging a proposal by TripAdvisor, Inc. to redomesticate from Delaware to Nevada. TripAdvisor's stockholders were given the opportunity to vote on the proposal last week. On Monday, the company filed a Form 8-K...

Nevada's Legislative Session Ended Last Week But The Legislature Reconvenes Today To Address Just One Issue - The National Pastime

The Nevada legislature meets every other year for 120 days in odd numbered years, commencing on the first Monday in February.  Any legislative action taken after midnight Pacific time at the end of the 120th consecutive calendar day of that session...

Gain Without Regard To Profits Does Not A Partnership Make

It does not take much to create a partnership under California's Uniform Partnership Act of 1994, which defines a partnership as "the association of two or more persons to carry on as coowners a business for profit forms a partnership, whether or...

SEC Files Desist & Refrain Order Against Coinbase Alleging Failure To Qualify Staking Rewards Program

Yesterday, the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation announced that it had issued a desist and refrain order against Coinbase, Inc. The order alleges that Coinbase's staking rewards program involved the the offer and sale of...

California Climate-Related Financial Risk Disclosure Bill Advances

I have been writing about a bill, SB 261, that would would require businesses to prepare and submit climate-related financial risk reports.  See  California Greenhouse Gas Emissions Bill Advances Despite Substantial Opposition And Constitutional...

Court of Appeal Applies Caremark/Marchand To Directors of a California Corporation But The Result May Surprise You

Over the years, I have commented on the fact that the California Court of Appeal has yet to apply In re Caremark International Inc., 698 A.2d 959 (Del. Ch. 1996) to the directors of a California corporation.  See Still No California Caremark? and ...