Section 709 of the California Corporations Code provides a mechanism for "any shareholder" or "any person who claims to have been denied the right to vote" to obtain a determination by the Superior Court of the validity of any election or...
The Superior Court Has The Authority To Determine The Validity Of Board Elections, But What About Recalls?
Posted on March 28, 2023
"Refusal To Acquiesce" To Director's Removal Results In Multimillion Dollar Damage Award
Posted on June 25, 2021
A recent holding by the Second District Court of Appeal is a cautionary tale for directors who fail to acquiesce to a director's removal from the board. Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs v. Macias, 63 Cal. App. 5th 1007 (2021). The case...
Home On The Grange
Posted on December 04, 2017
As a child, I was always puzzled when I saw a Grange Hall. Was Grange a misspelling of "range"? If not, what was a "grange"? Only later did I learn that "grange" was derived from the Latin word, granum, meaning a seed. The word forms part of the...