One might expect that a sheriff's sale of stock pursuant to a writ of execution could not result in a viable claim for conversion by a judgment debtor. A California Court of Appeal, however, has ruled that it could.
In Duke v. Superior Court, Cal....
conversion, Duke v. Superior Court, foreclosure, Securities Litigation, sheriff's levy
In several blog posts, I have commented on the right to a jury trial under California law. This may seem like an inapposite subject for a blog devoted to corporate and securities law issues. Nonetheless, I have prognosticated that the right to a...
Bylaw, Central Laborers' Pension fund, Delaware law, equitable, forum selection, Intel, internal affairs doctrine, jury trial, legal, McAfee, merger, Securities Litigation
A few years back, I criticized the amendment of California Corporations Code Section 25401 to conform to Rule 10b-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. See California Creates Complete Chaos By Rewriting Anti-Fraud Statute, But “We Are...
George Santayana, Section 12(a)(2), Section 17(a), Section 25401, Securities Litigation
Yesterday, I discussed the recent hack of the Securities and Exchange Systems' electronic filing and retrieval system commonly referred to as EDGAR. In a written statement disclosing the hack, Chairman Jay Clayton speculated that the incident may...
EDGAR, hack, hacking, Insider Trading, personal benefit, reckless, scienter, SEC v. Obus, Securities Litigation
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton launched a sea of news stories last week when he included the following five sentence in a statement on cybersecurity:
Notwithstanding our efforts to protect our systems and manage cybersecurity risk, in certain cases cyber...
574 F.3d 42, classical theory, hacker, hacking, Insider Trading, misappropriation theory, Rule 10b-5, SEC, SEC v. Dorozhko, Second Circuit, Section 10(b), Securities Litigation
In less than a month, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Leidos, Inc. v. Indiana Public Retirement System (Docket No. 16-581). The question presented in Leidos is:
Whether the Second Circuit erred in holding - in direct...
Item 303, leidos v. Indiana Public Retirement, reasonably likely, Regulation S-K, Securities Litigation
In May, I wrote about Judge Gonzolo P. Curiel’s decision to grant the defendants’ motion to dismiss federal and state securities law claims in Mueller v. San Diego Entm’t Partners, LLC, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77643 (S.D. Cal. May 22, 2017). I...
2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77643, Judge Gonzolo Curiel, Mueller v. San Diego, Rule 10b-5, scienter, Section 25401, Securities Litigation
In March 2011, the three-member compensation committee of EchoStar Corporation awarded options to purchase 1.5 million shares of company stock to its Chairman, Charles W. Ergen. According to EchoStar's proxy statement for its 2012 annual meeting,...
Attorney's fees, demand futility, derivative suit, EchoStar, Jennifer A. Dorsey, Securities Litigation, stock option
Recently, I enjoyed watching My Name is Bill W., a 1989 movie that starred James Woods, JoBeth Williams and James Garner. The film tells the story of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder William Griffith Wilson (aka Bill W.). In telling his story, the...
463 U.S. 646, Dirks, Enforcement & Investigations, fiduciary duty, Insider Trading, Salman v. U.S., Securities Litigation, tippee, tipper, William Griffith Wilson
On several occasions, I have written about whether scienter is required under Corporations Code Section 25401. That question surfaced again last week in Judge Gonzolo P. Curiel's ruling on the defendants' motion to dismiss federal and state...
AB 1517, California Securities Laws, Chiu, Gonzolo P. Curiel, Mueller v. San Diego, Muratsuchi, scienter, Section 25401, Section 25501, Securities Litigation
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