The CFLL Is Dead; Long Live The CFL!
Posted on January 12, 2018

In a change that escaped my notice, the legislature has seen fit to rename the venerable California Finance Lenders Law as the California Financing Law.  This legislation, Stats. 2017, ch. 475 (AB 1284 (Dababneh)), was enacted as urgency legislation...

Another Foolish Inconsistency - This Time For Broker-Dealers
Posted on December 08, 2017

Yesterday's post chided Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC for its inconsistent positions on majority rule.  Today's post tackles a foolish inconsistency in the California Codes.  Section 25217(c) of the California Corporations Code provides:

Must A Broker-Dealer Be Licensed As A Personal Property Broker?
Posted on July 24, 2017

Is your California securities broker-dealer a licensed personal property broker?  Does it need to have such a license to make loans to its customers?  Anyone reading California Corporations Code Section 25217(c) would conclude that it must:

Finance Lenders Annual Report Deadline Is Nigh
Posted on March 06, 2017

Lenders and brokers licensed under the California Finance Lenders Law must file an annual report by the Ides of March (i.e., March 15) of each year.  Cal. Fin. Code § 22159.  This is a hard deadline and the Department of Business Oversight does not...

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