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...
“It’s a mercy that time runs in one direction only, that we see the past but darkly and the future not at all.”1
In many closely held corporations, the directors may work side by side nearly every day. If they all meet and discuss some action, does that count as a meeting of the board of directors?
As has been discussed many times in this space, the California General Corporation law purports to govern foreign corporations in a number of respects. One such provision is Section 208 of the Corporations Code which apples to:
UCLA Law School Professor Stephen Bainbridge recently commented Vice Chancellor Glasscock's recent memorandum opinion in In re The Chemours Co. Deriv. Litig., (Del. Ch. Case No. 2020-0786-SG, Nov. 1, 2021). Professor Bainbridge notes that the ...
But you remember this. When you control the mail, you control . . . information.”*
Section 206 of the California Corporations Code provides that a corporation organized under the General Corporation Law may engage in any "business activity", subject to any limitation contained in its articles of incorporation and compliance with...
Yesterday's post discussed the relevance of the maturity date of a debt security to the definition of a "sale-of-assets" reorganization under California's General Corporation Law. The CGCL recognizes two other types of "reorganizations". One of...
The California General Corporation Law defines three types of "reorganizations" - a merger reorganization, an exchange reorganization, and a sale-of-assets reorganization. Cal. Corp. Code § 181. A "sale-of-assets reorganization" is defined as...