Over the years, I have been frequently called to assist in cases of wrongful termination. See What To Do When Your Business Entity Has BeenWrongfullyTerminated. Rarely have I encountered the converse - the formation of an entity using a stolen...
Keith Paul Bishop
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Each year, licensees under the California Financing Law (Cal. Fin. Code § 22000 et seq.) must file an annual report with the Department of Financial Protection & Innovation. The report is due on the Ides of March (the Ides of March). The DFPI uses...
The California General Corporation Law expectedly grants inspection rights to shareholders and directors of California corporations. Unexpectedly (at least to practitioners outside California), the GCL extends those rights to foreign corporations....
I expect that most, if not all, readers are familiar with the American Civil War, sometimes referred to as the "War Between the States". I suspect that few readers are familiar with another internecine war being waged at the same time. Next Thursday...
Last year, the California legislature enacted AB 1075 (Bauer-Kahan) which declares it to be unlawful "to include a noncompete clause in an employment contract, or to require an employee to enter a noncompete agreement, that does not satisfy an...
Section 25401 of the California Corporations Code declares generally declares unlawful to make false statements of a material fact or or omit material facts when buying or selling a security. It is therefore similar to Rule 10b-5 under the...
Part 3 of Title 3 of the California Corporations Code is comprised of four statutes governing "joint stock associations". Oddly, the Corporations Code makes no attempt to define the term and it does not appear in any other part of the Corporations...
Last year, I commented on the likely unconstitutionality of two California laws compelling forced speech:
Article IV, Section 9 of the California Constitution provides "A statute shall embrace but one subject, which shall be expressed in its title". This rather simple notion, absent from the United States Constitution, dates back over two millenia to...