California Corporate & Securities Law

California Civil Code Section 1550 provides that only four elements are "essential" to the existence of a contract:

When you indorse a check or stock certificate, you typically sign it on the back.  That makes etymological sense because "indorse" is derived from the Latin preposition in, meaning on, and dorsum, meaning back. 

Securities lawyers typically concern themselves with the federal securities laws (principally, the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the two '40 Acts) and state "blue sky" laws (e.g., the California, the Corporate...

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Unlike the Securities Act of 1933, California's Corporate Securities Law of 1968 includes interests in limited liability companies in the list of securities:

One might reasonably expect that California law will apply to matters involving the transfer of securities issued by corporations and other issuers organized under California law.  These California issuers, however, are free to choose to have the...

Transfer agents can find themselves in a difficult position when it comes to removing restrictive legends on stock certificates.  On the one hand, the Securities and Exchange Commission may take enforcement action against transfer agents who...

Miles Laboratories pioneered the concept of daily dosing of multivitamins and minerals in the 1940s with the introduction of its One A Day brand.  Now owned by Bayer AG, the brand encompasses a suite of vitamins for targeted at men, women and...