California Corporate & Securities Law

In 2002, the California Legislature created the Victims of Corporate Fraud Compensation Fund as part of the Corporate Disclosure Act.  See Victims of Corporate Fraud Fund. There are a number of conditions that must be met to receive a payout from the...

I have devoted several posts over the years to California's Unincorporated Association Law.  See Thinking About Joining A Club? You May Want To Consider These Corporations Code Provisions First, Is Your Club A Legal Entity?, Is A Biker Gang A...

Employee stock bonus, stock purchase, and stock option plans are extremely common. Most employees and prospective employees are undoubtedly happy to receive these types of equity compensation awards, but can an employer require an employee to invest...

Nearly 13 years ago, I ruminated on the question of whether corporations are required to have bylaws.  See Are Bylaws Required? As far as California is concerned, there is no requirement that a corporation in fact have bylaws, although virtually all...

In 2018 and 2020, California enacted laws mandating that publicly held corporations (as defined) having their principal executive offices in California have specified minimum numbers of directors who are female and from "underrepresented...

Last December, Bally’s Chicago, Inc., a Delaware corporation and indirect subsidiary of Bally’s Corporation, filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise funds in connection with the development and operation...

Late last year, I wrote that the the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation had voted unanimously to approve the staff’s request for authorization to file a suit against six former officers and 11 former directors of Silicon...

A little more than eight years ago, I wrote about U.S. District Court Judge Ronald M. Whyte's ruling that a corporate board of directors lacks the capacity of being sued.  Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. v. Leland Stanford Junior Univ., 212 F. Supp. 3d...

 According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, a DAO is a "term used to describe a 'virtual' organization embodied in computer code and executed on a distributed ledger or blockchain".  SeeReport of Investigation Pursuant to Section 21(a) of...