California Corporate & Securities Law

More than a decade ago, the United States Supreme Court held that government restrictions on independent political expenditures by corporations and labor unions violated the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.  Citizens United v. Fed. Election...

Yesterday's post discussed a recently introduced bill that would amend California's Political Reform Act of 1974, among other things, to prohibit contributions by a "foreign-influenced business entity", as defined, in connection with a state or...

The California legislature is currently in recess and is scheduled to reconvene on January 4.  However, some bills have already been introduced, including AB 83 (Lee & Kalra), which would enact the "Get Foreign Money Out of California Elections Act"....

In February, California Assemblyman Ed Chau introduced a bill (AB 1104) that according to its author "attacks the problem of 'fake news' by creating a new state law designed to make it illegal for someone to make false or deceptive statements about...