California Corporate & Securities Law

Enforcement actions by the California Department of Financial Protection typically involve either administrative proceedings or civil actions in the California state courts.  Recently, however, the DFPI announced that it and 26 other state...

In 1990, California enacted the California Commodity Law, Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Corp. Code § 29500 et seq.  Although this law hasn't attracted the attention of legal writers, it has some very sharp teeth, as illustrated by the recent case of People...