The SEC's Unconvincing Case Against Indemnification

The Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed rules take a hard line against issuers indemnifying executives against clawbacks:

SEC Clawback Proposal Overlooks Contract Law Fundamentals

In proposing the clawback rules for stock exchanges mandated by Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission evinces little regard for contrary provisions in existing...

The SEC's Clawback Proposal - An Unconstitutional Taking?

In proposing incentive compensation clawback rules, the Securities and Exchange Commission studiously ignored any constitutional restraints on its actions.  Buried in the 198-page proposal is this chilling assertion:

What The SEC Pretermitted In Proposing A Clawback Policy Rule

The Securities and Exchange Commission began the month by issuing proposed rules that would direct national securities exchanges and associations to establish listing standards requiring companies to adopt policies that require executive officers to...

Uniform Voidable Transactions Act Becomes Law (Almost)

On June 2, 1897, the New York Journal famously quoted Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) as saying "The report of my death was an exaggeration".   This widely quoted (and misquoted) denial was a riposte to a story that appeared the day before in the New...

Paralepsis: Mentioning The Unmentionable

This blog is devoted to corporate and securities law issues.  Therefore I refrain from venturing into other are topics even though they touch upon lawyers and lawyering.  Lawyers, however, can learn a lot about trial conduct by reading Justice William...

Court Rules Unincorporated Association Aided Director's Breach Of Fiduciary Duty

Nearly four years ago, I devoted this post about California's Unincorporated Association Law. Typically, an unincorporated association is a club, church, or other social organization. A criminal street gang might also be an unincorporated...

Court Rules Shareholders May Be Sued In De Facto Dissolution

California Corporations Code Section 2011 provides that causes of action against a dissolved corporation, whether arising before or after dissolution, may be enforced against its shareholders if any of the assets of the corporation have been...

Professor Bainbridge Takes On S.B. 75 And The Delaware Bar

UCLA Law Professor Stephen Bainbridge recently posted an article calling Delaware's recently enacted S.B. 75 a "self-inflicted wound". SB 75, which was signed into law late last month, limits the ability of Delaware stock corporations to adopt...