Overstock.com, Inc. is an on-line retailer with its principal executive offices located in Midvale, Utah. Earlier this month, Overstock.com announced that it had agreed to buy the assets of Houserie, Inc. Both companies are incorporated in Delaware...
Delaware Corporation Headquartered In Utah Agrees To Buy Assets Of Another Delaware Corporation For Cash, So Why Does California Law Govern Shareholder Approval?
Posted on February 22, 2018
Supreme Court Holds Whistleblower Must First Blow The Whistle To The SEC
Posted on February 21, 2018
In 2010, the United States Congress included both whistleblower incentives and protections in the Dodd-Frank Act. If you are going to reward or protect "whistleblowers", it is helpful to know who they are. Congress helpfully included the following...
Court Rules California Unincorporated Association Is A South Dakota Citizen
Posted on February 20, 2018
Diversity jurisdiction in the U.S. District courts requires complete diversity of citizenship between the parties. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. A corporation can be a citizen of its state of incorporation, as well as the state where it has its principal place...
Legislator Seeks To Require Inspection Of Records In California
Posted on February 16, 2018
Corporations Code Section 1601 requires that records "be open to inspection . . . at any reasonable time during usual business hours . . .". The statute is silent on where the inspection must occur. In Innes v. Diablo Controls, Inc., 248 Cal. App....
Is A Prize-Linked Savings Account A Lottery?
Posted on February 15, 2018
In 2014, the United States Congress enacted the American Savings Promotion Act, P.L. 113–251 (DEC. 18, 2014) permitting financial institutions to offer savings accounts, with the added feature of offering chances to win prizes. According to this...
California CPAs Report Few Restatements But Many Are Not Reportable
Posted on February 14, 2018
California's Accountancy Act requires licensees to report to the California Board of Accountancy, among other things, "Any restatement of a financial statement and related disclosures by a client audited by the licensee". Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §...
Just Who Are A Corporation's "Regular Officers"?
Posted on February 13, 2018
California declares it unlawful for any person to engage in the business of, act in the capacity of, advertise as, or assume to act as a real estate broker or a real estate salesperson within California without first obtaining a real estate license....
Directors Fail To Escape Liability For Approving Dividend
Posted on February 12, 2018
I last wrote about FDIC v. Ching, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92687 (E.D. Cal. July 8, 2014) in July of 2014. That post concerned Judge Kimberly J. Mueller's ruling that California's statutory restrictions on distributions to shareholders preempted the...
Department Of Business Oversight Continues To Grow
Posted on February 09, 2018
On January 10, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown issued his proposed budget for California's 2018/2019 fiscal year. The proposed budget detail is available here. The Governor is proposing a modest increase (about 3%) in the total number of program position...
