Professor Ann Lipton at Tulane University Law School has noted a slew of forthcoming papers concerning the internal affairs doctrine in light of Vice Chancellor Laster's holding in Sciabacucchi v. Salzberg, 2018 Del. Ch. LEXIS 578, and...
Sciabacucchi and Gender Quotas Engender Dubiety Over Internal Affairs
Posted on September 23, 2019
Does Incorporation In Delaware Constitute "Abuse Of The Corporation"?
Posted on August 12, 2019
Until I happened upon a working paper by Professors Martin Gelter and Lécia Vicente, I had not encountered the notion of abusing a corporation merely by choosing where to incorporate it. The authors describe abuse as follows:
Federal Court Blocks Shareholder Inspection Of Delaware Corporation's Records Pursuant To California Statute
Posted on February 12, 2019
United States District Court Judge Haywood S. Stirling, Jr. yesterday blocked a stockholder's attempt to use California's shareholder inspection statute to gain access to a corporation's "books and records and minutes of proceedings of the...
Why California's Gender Quota Bill Is More Likely To Be Unconstitutional Than California's Pseudo-Foreign Corporation Statute
Posted on September 04, 2018
In the waning hours of the current session, the California legislature passed a bill that will impose gender quotas on publicly held domestic or foreign corporations whose principal executive offices, according to the corporation’s SEC 10-K form,...
Can Pseudo-Foreign Corporations Exonerate Their Directors?
Posted on May 25, 2017
Corporations Code Section 2115 is not an easy read. Fortunately, California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye has provided a more digestible overview of the statute:
