California Corporate & Securities Law

Recently, I wrote about a proposal to amend Section 141(f) of the Delaware General Corporation Law to permit inchoate directors to take action by written consent.  The Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar is proposing a parallel...

A SLAPP is a strategic lawsuit against public participation. California enacted Code of Civil Procedure Section 425.16 as an antidote to SLAPP suits. In general, a SLAPP is subject to a special motion to strike unless the court finds that the...

In AGR Halifax Fund, Inc. v. Fiscina, 743 A.2d 1188 (1999), the Delaware Court of Chancery was asked to decide whether a consent given by persons before they became directors could become effective if delivered to the corporation after they became...

The last few years has seen the rise of so-called "name and shame" laws. The aims of many these laws may be laudable, but yesterday's decision by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit calls their methodology into constitutional...

Section 102 the National Securities Markets Improvement Act (which amended Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1933) deems securities listed (or authorized for listing) on the NYSE, the American Stock Exchange or the National Market System of NASDAQ...

Delaware’s Limited Liability Company Act provides that a limited liability company agreement or an agreement of merger or consolidation or plan of merger may provide for appraisal rights. 6 Del. Code § 18-210. Does this mean that a Delaware LLC with...

Suppose a corporation's Chief Executive Officer becomes involved in a particularly abhorent (but legal) political movement. Suppose further that the Board of Directors is concerned that the corporation's stockholders, customers and employees will...

CalPERS recently gave notice that it is proposing to adopt a new rule requiring disclosure of conflicts of interests by consultants and external managers.  Under the California Administrative Procedure Act, Cal. Gov't Code § 11340 et seq., an agency...

California requires persons who are engaged in the business of making loans to be licensed under the Finance Lenders Law.  Cal. Fin. Code § 22000 et seq.  This had been an issue for venture capital funds that extended bridge loans to see portfolio...