California Corporate & Securities Law

Frank Hemm, a citizen of Switzerland, served on the board of directors of Rodo Medical, Inc., a California corporation. He was also an executive of Institut Straumann AG, a Swiss corporation and investor in Rodo. Mr. Hemm attended Rodo board...

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.  

"A funnel hovered over the American West. Into the large end went investor dollars and investor dreams. Out the little end streamed dollars into Las Vegas, where a Nevada intermediary made loans to Nevada land developers who had high hopes for big...

Many may have heard of Cede and Company, but what exactly is it and who owns it? Cede is a New York partnership, of which Depository Trust Company and The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation are partners. The former, DTC, is a New York...

Establishing personal jurisdiction may seem mundane, but without it a plaintiff may soon find itself out of court, as did the plaintiff in Marshall v. Galvanoni, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 185530.

I think it is beyond peradventure that a state enjoys personal jurisdiction over corporations incorporated within that state. What about the personal jurisdiction over the corporation's directors and officers? That was the question addressed by U.S....