In October 2020, Professor Stephen Bainbridge posed this question of whether shareholder inspection rights are subject to the internal affairs doctrine. His post followed Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster's ruling in Juul Labs, Inc. v. Grove, 2020...
Professor Bainbridge Will Need To Wait A Bit Longer For The Answer To This Question
Posted on May 03, 2022
Beneficial Owner Has No Right To Inspect Delaware Corporation's Books Under California Law
Posted on July 14, 2021
Corporations Code Section 1601(a) unambiguously bestows on shareholders the right to inspect the accounting books, records, and minutes of proceedings of the shareholders and the board and committees of the board of any foreign corporation keeping...
Professor Bainbridge Asks "Are shareholder inspection rights subject to the internal affairs doctrine?"
Posted on October 06, 2020
In this recent post, UCLA Law School Professor Stephen Bainbridge discusses Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster's recent ruling that "[s]tockholder inspection rights are a core matter of internal corporate affairs." 2020 Del. Ch. LEXIS 264. He notes...
Does This Ruling By V.C. Laster Decide The Constitutionality Of California's Female Board Quota Legislation?
Posted on August 18, 2020
Michael Corleone's greatest fear was that he would never be able to escape his life as a mafioso ("Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!"). California's greatest fear is that it will not be able to dictate corporate governance...
Internal Affairs Doctrine Blocks Indemnity Claim
Posted on June 19, 2020
Section 78.7502 of Nevada Revised Statutes broadly authorizes, but does not require, a corporation to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents. NRS 78.751 requires the corporation to indemnify directors, officers, employees or agents...
Was 2018 The Apogee Of Delaware's Corporate Hegemony?
Posted on August 19, 2019
Professor Mohsen Manesh cites two developments in 2018 as a possible turning point for the internal affairs doctrine: California's enactment of a board gender quota law and Vice Chancellor Laster's ruling in Sciabacucchi v. Salzberg, C.A. 2017-0931...
Court Of Appeal Finds No Right To Jury In Shareholder Class Action
Posted on November 16, 2017
In several blog posts, I have commented on the right to a jury trial under California law. This may seem like an inapposite subject for a blog devoted to corporate and securities law issues. Nonetheless, I have prognosticated that the right to a...
Judge Rules Internal Affairs Doctrine Governs California Insider Trading Statute
Posted on November 14, 2017
As I have mentioned on numerous occasions, California has its own insider trading statute - California Corporations Code Section 25402. The statute is included in the California Corporate Securities Law of 1968. In general, the jurisdiction of...
Can Pseudo-Foreign Corporations Exonerate Their Directors?
Posted on May 25, 2017
Corporations Code Section 2115 is not an easy read. Fortunately, California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye has provided a more digestible overview of the statute:
