Why California Law Applies To Dividends Made By A Delaware Corporation (And Not To Some California Corporations)

Corporations incorporated under California's General Corporation Law are subject to the limitations on distributions set forth in Chapter 5 of that law. A foreign corporation may also be subject to Chapter 5 by virtue of Section 2115 of the...

Court Finds No Privilege For Fraternal Execution

No, this wasn't a case of Cain and Abel or Romulus and Remus, but it did involve brothers and an execution of sorts.  The protaganists in Chen v. Berenjian, 2019 Cal. App. LEXIS 275 were Chen and the brothers Berenjian (Shazad and Sharmad). According...

Court of Appeal Defines Good Faith Defense Under The UFTA

In 2015, the California legislature refurbished the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act and rechristened it as the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act. 2015 Cal. Stats. Ch. 44 (SB 161 (Vidak)). The UFTA has not left the stage entirely as courts continue...

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