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

Choice Of Law And Outside Reverse Veil Piercing

Last week, I took note of the Second District Court of Appeal's decision that allows for the possibility outside veil piercing, Blizzard Energy, Inc. v. Bernd Schaefers,  2021 Cal. App LEXIS 968. Readers may recall that the case involved the...

California Court Addresses Outside Reverse Veil Piercing Of Chimeric LLC

Reverse veil piercing involves subjecting an entity to the liabilities of its owner.  See Inside and Outside Veil Piercing.   As Professor Bainbridge has noted, there are two types of reverse veil piercing:

Study Finds "A Robust and Significantly Negative Stock Market Reaction" To California's Gender Quota Mandate

A study by an international team of scholars has concluded that California's imposition of a gender quota on publicly held corporations with their principal executive offices in the state resulted in a "robust and significantly negative stock market...

Must An Assignment Be In Writing?

Lawyers are sometimes asked to render an opinion that "the [bill of sale] is sufficient as to form to transfer the Company’s right, title and interest in and to the assets specified in the Agreement to the Buyer". Implicit in this opinion request is...

Making Distributions - No Need To Mind The GAAP

UCLA Law School Professor Stephen Bainbridge recently commented Vice Chancellor Glasscock's recent memorandum opinion in In re The Chemours Co. Deriv. Litig., (Del. Ch. Case No. 2020-0786-SG, Nov. 1, 2021).  Professor Bainbridge notes that the ...

SEC Alleges Form 10 Was Misleading, But Is The SEC's Order Itself Misleading?

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had "instituted proceedings against American CryptoFed DAO LLC, a Wyoming-based organization, halting the effectiveness of the company’s registration of two digital tokens as...

Plaintiffs Succeed In Arguing That They Suffered No Injury!

Sometimes cases go off in directions that I simply do not expect.   In most cases, I would expect to see the plaintiff contend that it was injured in some way.  However, that was not the case in Lagrisola v. North Am. Fin. Corp., 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS...

Breaching A Contract May Be Wrong But It Isn't Independently Wrongful

 In 1995, the California Supreme Court held that a plaintiff pursuing a claim for interference with a prospective contractual or economic relationship had to plead that the defendant's conduct was wrongful.  Della Penna v. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A.,...

Is Self-Identification Antithetical To Remedying Discrimination?

As has been previously discussed in this space, California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber is seeking dismissal of a federal court challenge to California's director quota mandates - SB 826 and AB 979.  Alliance For Fair Board Recruitment v....