The United States Constitution vests the executive power of the federal government in the president, but his or her power is not entirely autonomous. Notably, Article II, Section 2 endows the president with the power to make treaties with the...
Last month, California joined Hawaii, Nevada and Oklahoma in considering enactment of the Uniform Law Commission's Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses Act. California's bill, AB 1489, was introduced by Assembly Majority Leader Ian C....
California has thousands of statutes on the books. Over the years many have become outdated, referring to laws, agencies and office titles that no longer exist. For the public, this can be very frustrating as it is not always clear whether there...
The California legislature reconvened on Monday. Cal. Const. Art. IV, § 3(a). Over 100 bills have already been introduced in the Assembly. The Senate is far behind with just 51 bills introduced thus far. The first day business in both houses...
I have written several posts about a bill, SB 826, now pending in the California legislature that would impose fines on publicly held corporations that fail to meet prescribed gender quotas. See California Bill Would Mandate Gender Quotas For...
Followers of California legislation will note that many bills are now in either the "suspense file" of the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the Assembly. These two committees have jurisdiction over fiscal bills. A bill with a...
The California legislature meets annually but but the legislative session is biennial. Nevada's legislature in contrast meets every other year. See Happy New Biennium! The second year of California's current session comes to a close at the end of...
Earlier this month, California Senators Hannah-Beth Jackson and Toni G. Atkins introduced a bill, SB 826, that would require a publicly held corporation with its principal places of business in California to have a minimum number of women...
As reported by Cydney Posner, Broc Romanek and undoubtedly many others, Corporation Finance staff issued a new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation addressing whether a re-measurement of a deferred tax asset to incorporate the effects of newly...
Form 8-K, Item 2.02, Legislation, Broc Romanek, Cydney Posner, Item 2.04, tax cuts and jobs act
Passengers flying to Las Vegas arrive at the McCarran International Airport. Having spent my youth in Las Vegas, I have many memories of going to the airport to greet arriving family or to fly East for school. Then, there was no passenger security...
Legislation, Legal History, Pat McCarran, Las Vegas, McCarran Airport, Tick Segerblom
Keith Paul Bishop
