California Corporate & Securities Law

Yesterday's  post observed that Chapter 5 of the California General Corporation Law does not apply to proceedings for winding up and dissolution of a California corporation under either Chapter 18 (involuntary dissolutions) or Chapter 19 (voluntary...

Chapter 5 of the California General Corporation Law imposes specific limitations on distributions to shareholders, as defined in Section 166. When a corporation is wound up and dissolved, whether the dissolution is involuntary under Chapter 18 or...

Several provisions of the California General Corporation Law provide for "special proceedings" in the Superior Court. One such provision is Section 1800 which allows certain persons to bring an action for the involuntary dissolution of the...

Section 1900(a) is the only provision of the California General Corporation Law that authorizes action by an exactly 50% vote of shareholders. This action, moreover, may be taken without any action on the part of a corporation's board of directors....

Chapter 5 of the California General Corporation Law imposes certain limitations on a corporation's distributions to its shareholders. Section 166 of the Corporations Code defines "distribution to its shareholders" to include the purchase or...

I didn't take note of AB 1535 (Maienschein) when it was introduced earlier this year because I thought it was a "spot" bill.  See "See Spot Run". As introduced, the bill simply added "which may include a reference to a separate shareholder agreement"...

Decisions by U.S. District Court judges typically begin with an identification of the parties, an explanation of the procedural posture of the case, or a description of the dispute.  Chief Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill, however, chose to begin a recent...