California Corporate & Securities Law

In February, I wrote about a proposed offering that involved a racially based share allocation scheme.  See May Corporations Allocate Shares Based On Race, Gender, Or Ethnicity? Last month, it appeared that the offering was stalled at the Securities...

Last week, the United States General Services Administration, Department of Education, and Department of Health and Human Services sent a letter to Alan M. Garber, the President of Harvard University, and Penny Pritzker, Lead Member of the Harvard...

In this February post, I pondered the question of whether an issuer could allocate shares on the basis of race, gender or ethnicity.  That post was inspired by the case of Glennon v. Johnson, U.S. Dist. Ct. Case No. 1:25-cv-01057 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 6,...

Three years ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a nearly 500 page rule proposal that would require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports. At the time, I argued....

Yesterday's post took note of a proposed initial public offering by Bally's Chicago, Inc. that would impose a stockholder qualification based on race, gender and ethnic status. This qualification requirement is intended to satisfy the requirements...

In this earlier post, I commented on the preliminary proxy materials filed by P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. (nka PAMT Corp) At the time, my interest was the company's proposal to reincorporate in Nevada from Delaware. On October 31 of last...

Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The complaint alleges that Mr. Musk in acquiring shares of Twitter failed to file a required beneficial...

More than a decade ago, I expressedconcern about the Securities and Exchange Commission's predilection for targeting victims of crimes. That concern related to an enforcement action against a company that had been victimized by a multimillion...

Professor Ann Lipton recently wrote about an ingenious scheme developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that has resulted in indictments of 18 individuals and entities for alleged fraud and manipulation in the crypto currency markets....