California Corporate & Securities Law

In yesterday's post, I mentioned that the  Milton Marks “Little Hoover” Commission on California State Government Organization and the Economy oversees the Bureau of State Audits.  See Government Code Sections 8542 and 8543.

Last week, I testified before the Milton Marks "Little Hoover" Commission on California State Government Organization and the Economy concerning Governor Jerry Brown's 2012 Reorganization Plan.  My written comments are available here.

In reviewing recent California cases involving the Corporations Code, I was surprised to see several recent, published and and unpublished opinions dealing with marijuana dispensaries. I never would have imagined that California's laws governing...

Last December, I wrote about U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel's decision in Johnson v. Myers, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 112897 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 30, 2011). The case involved an attempt by some of the stockholders of a liquidated Scottish...

Since 2002, California has imposed its own disclosure requirements on publicly traded corporations incorporated in or qualified to transact intrastate business in California. A subject corporation is currently required to disclose, among other...

In May 2010, then Attorney General Jerry Brown announced that he had filed this complaint against former California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) Board Member Alfred Villalobos, his company ARVCO Capital, and former CalPERS Chief...

Last week, the Wall Street Journal published an article stating:

Each quarter, the Nevada Secretary of State releases a quarterly business report.  The report includes, among other things, data concerning the number of new entity filings with that office.  The report for the first quarter of 2012 discloses that the...