Insurance And The Suspended Corporation
Commissioner Issues Annual Securities Report

The California Commissioner of Business Oversight is require to prepare an annual report summarizing the data collected from issuers that were granted permits to offer and sell securities pursuant to Corporations Code § 25113(b). The Commissioner...

Is The NYSE Confused About The Meaning of "Adjourn"?

Last month the New York Stock Exchange issued its annual corporate governance memorandum.  The memorandum provides useful updates and reminders for companies with securities listed on the exchange, including the following:

The One Thing You Should Not Call Someone Who Is Not Your Partner

I recently wrote about Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley's ruling in  t'Bear v. Forman, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19460. In that post, I focused on the question of the enforcement of loans made by an unlicensed lender. The case also involved a...

Legislature Mulls Adding Definition To The Definition Of "Broker" Under CFL

The California Financing Law enjoins anyone from engaging in the business of a finance broker without a license from the Commissioner of Business Oversight. Cal. Fin. Code § 22100(a). The CFL, however, defines "broker" in a decidedly unhelpful...

Legislature To Consider Authorizing Real Estate Broker Licenses To LLCs

In California, real estate broker licenses are currently issued only to individuals and corporations. Limited liability companies need not, indeed may not, apply. This is a result of a compromise that was reached when California’s original limited...

Legislature Proposes Cleaning Up California Business Statutes

California has thousands of statutes on the books. Over the years many have become outdated, referring to laws, agencies and office titles that no longer exist. For the public, this can be very frustrating as it is not always clear whether there is...

Borrower Seeks To Void Notes Because Lender Was Not Licensed Under The CFL

The California Financing Law (fka Finance Lenders Law) prohibits anyone from engaging in the business of a finance lender without obtaining a license from the California Commissioner of Business Oversight (unless exempt). Cal. Fin. Code § 22100(a)....

Federal Court Blocks Shareholder Inspection Of Delaware Corporation's Records Pursuant To California Statute

United States District Court Judge Haywood S. Stirling, Jr. yesterday blocked a stockholder's attempt to use California's shareholder inspection statute to gain access to a corporation's "books and records and minutes of proceedings of the...