California Corporate & Securities Law

Diversity jurisdiction of the federal courts requires complete diversity of citizenship.  28 U.S.C. § 1332.   If a party is a corporation, then it becomes necessary to determine the location of the corporation's citizenship.  In a recent decision,...

The United States federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction.  Therefore, it is not always possible to make a "federal case" out of claim, even when issues of federal law may be involved. 

Corporations do not enjoy all the rights of citizenship, but in some cases a corporation's citizenship can be important.  For example, the diversity jurisdiction of the federal courts depends upon establishing two facts.  First, that the amount in...

While there may be a myriad of differences between a physical store and a website, a California Court of Appeal ruled yesterday that corporeal is the equivalent of the incorporeal, at least when it comes to jurisdiction.  

Adam Beeman claimed to be a member in Legacy Insurance Solutions, LLC, a California limited liability company.  In support of his claim to membership, he submitted two operating agreements identifying himself as a member.  The defendants disputed...

Yesterday's post concerned Section 2116 of the California Corporations Code.  Courts sometimes describe Section 2116 as codifying the internal affairs doctrine.  See, e.g., Vaughn v. LJ Internat., Inc., 174 Cal. App. 4th 213, 223 (2009) and Voss v....