California Corporate & Securities Law

"As I was walking down the street one dayA man came up to me and asked me what the time was that was on my watch, yeahAnd I said . . ."*

Chapter 5 of the California General Corporation law prohibits a distribution to shareholders unless certain...

My last several posts have for the most part concerned the liability of shareholders when a corporation voluntarily or involuntarily dissolves. Directors may also face liability under Section 316(a)(2) of the Corporations Code. That statute makes...

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...

The existence of accrued and unpaid dividends can hang like an ominous cloud over a corporation's future financings.  Are these accrued but unpaid dividends in the nature of a debt that cannot be erased by an amendment of the articles?  

I am always interested in the reasons that corporations give when seeking approval to reincorporate from California to Delaware.  One company in a recently filed proxy statement made the following claim (among others):