California Corporate & Securities Law

Only a few publicly traded corporations are incorporated in California. Most either started life in Delaware or later decamped to that state (and more recently other states). Nonetheless, many of these corporations have their principal offices in...

Under Section 1030 of the California Code of Civil Procedure, a defendant may at any time apply to the court by noticed motion for an order requiring the plaintiff to file an undertaking to secure an award of costs and attorney’s fees which may be...

Yesterday I wrote about my concern that about the constitutionality of  SB 1168 (Limón).  This bill  would allow the California Secretary of State to cancel the articles of incorporation or the filing of a statement and designation by a foreign...

Recently, I wrote that California Senator Monique Limón had introduced legislation, SB 1168, that would allow the Secretary of State to cancel the articles of incorporation or the filing of a statement and designation by a foreign corporation upon...

Earlier this week, Senator Melissa Hurtado amended her placeholding bill, SB 738, to flesh out her proposed Corporate Transparency Act. As amended, the bill would require foreign corporations that register to transact intrastate business with the...

Section 2105 of the California Corporations Code prohibits a foreign corporation from transacting intrastate business in California without having first registered with the California Secretary of State. A foreign corporation that does not transact...

After contracting colon cancer, Robert Mallory sued Norfolk Southern in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, alleging workplace exposure to carcinogens. Even though Mr. Mallory filed suit in...

I recently wrote about the California Supreme Court's decision not to decide whether a bumblebee is a fish. It there fore may be no surprise that in California a business trust may be a foreign corporation. Corporations Code Section 170 defines a...

In consequence of the enactment of AB 3025 in 2020, the California Secretary of State has added a new question to the Statement of Information (Form SI-550) required to be filed annually by California stock, agricultural cooperative, and registered...