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

9th Circuit: Shareholder Is Injured When California Requires Or Encourages Discrimination

In 2018, California enacted SB 826 to impose female director quotas on publicly held domestic or foreign corporation whose principal executive offices, according to the corporation’s SEC 10-K form, are located in California. At the time, it was...

Theories Of Successor Liability When Incorporating An Existing Business

How Do I Hold You Liable?  Let Me Count The Ways . . .

Incorporation May Require A Bulk Sale Notice

California's Bulk Sales Law dates to 1990 when the legislature adopted a new Division 6 to the Commercial Code. Cal. Stats. 1990, ch. 1191. The current law is a farrago of prior law and the then uniform act recommended by the National Conference of...

Court Of Appeal Admonishes Counsel With Coke

Usually, appellate decisions provide guidance to future litigants on how the law will be interpreted and applied. A recent published opinion by the Fourth District Court of Appeal, however, provides guidance to lawyers on how they should behave...

Commissioner Alvarez Leaves Office On Friday - What Happens Next?

Recently, Manuel P. Alvarez announced that June 18 will be his last day as Commissioner of the Department of Financial Protection & Innovation. Until Governor Newsom appoints a successor, Chief Deputy Commissioner Chris Shultz will serve as the...

Leopold Bloom's Longest Day Was Today

“Hold to the now, the here, through which all future plunges to the past.”

On June 16, 1904, Leopold Bloom started his day at No. 7 Eccles Street in Dublin, Ireland with kidneys on his mind. Indeed, his first errand of the day was a trip around the...

Ten Years Go By Without The DOJ Receiving Even One Of These Notices

In wake of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the California legislature saw fit to add Section 2207 to the California Corporations Code. The statute threatens corporations with a $1 million civil penalty if they have actual knowledge that an officer,...

Why Common Shares May Not Be Common Stock

Surprisingly, the California General Corporation Law uses the term "common stock" as opposed to "common shares" in only a single statute. Section 159 of the California Corporations Code defines "common shares" as "shares which have no preference...

Court Rules An LLC To Be An Unincorporated Association, But Is That Correct?

Cal. Serv. Emples. Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Greenbox Servs. LLC, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93477 involved a plaintiff's attempt to serve a limited liability company. After thrice failing to serve personally the LLC's agent for service of process,...