As discussed in this posting from last October, the legislature enacted AB 1743 to require placement agents for funds and advisers seeking access to CalPERS or other California public retirement systems to register as lobbyists. Although I had...
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The Secretary of State is sponsoring AB 657 to allow both foreign and domestic corporations to indicate that they would like to receive notification from the Secretary of State's office by email.
The Assembly Banking and Finance and the Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committees will be holding an oversight hearing on March 23. According to the Assembly Daily File, the purpose of the hearing is to consider "intial reactions,...
Nearly two decades ago, I wrote what I believe to be the first treatise on the corporate law of Nevada. Today, I'm pleased to announce the release of a new treatise, Bishop and Zucker on Nevada Corporations and Limited Liability Companies. Here is...
Look for the Commissioner of Corporations to be issuing a solicitation for comments on proposed changes to Rule 260.204.9. As will be discussed in a Guest Blog to be posted on Monday, the Commissioner has announced that he is considering changes to...
For the last several years, I've served as an adjunct professor at Chapman University School of Law, teaching classes in corporate governance, corporations, and sales and lease transactions. This past January, I moderated a panel at Chapman Law...
In this post last week, I identified AB 361 as a "spot" bill introduced by Assembly Member Jared Huffman. As explained in this post from last June, a spot bill is a bill that would make non-substantive changes to a particular code or law in order to...
California Corporations Code § 318 has been on the books since 1993, Cal Stats. 1993, c. 508. That section required the Secretary of State to develop and maintain a registry of "distinguished women and minorities" who are available to serve on...
Every person who was licensed under the California Finance Lenders Law as of December 31, 2010 must file an annual report with the California Department of Corporations. A report is required even if the licensee has conducted no business under its...
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