California Corporate & Securities Law

On December 16, 2022, California Assembly Member Alex Lee introduced AB 83 which would enact the "Get Foreign Money Out of California Elections Act. Six months later he requested that the bill be moved to the inactive file. When the legislature...

Yesterday's post concerned California's statutory scheme governing the gubernatorial power to fill vacant United States Senate seats. The relevant statute requires that the person appointed be an "elector of this state". Cal. Elect. Code § 10720....

Following the recent passing of Senator Diane Feinstein, California Governor announced the appointment of Laphonza Butler to complete Senator Feinstein's term in the U.S. Senate.   Yesterday, Harvard Law Professor Stephen E. Sachs addressed the...

In recent years political smearing and outright lying have come to dominate campaigns in California. Candidates are spending less and less time discussing important issues and their own qualifications and more and more time telling falsehoods about...