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On July 21, 2025, the California Supreme Court issued a significant decision clarifying that a forum selection clause in a company’s certificate of incorporation is not unenforceable simply because the selected forum (here,...more
With many hospitals turning to exclusive contracts to manage clinical services, understanding when statutory protections may be violated or when contracting decisions run opposed to medical staff bylaws is crucial. In a...more
Nearly 13 years ago, I ruminated on the question of whether corporations are required to have bylaws. As far as California is concerned, there is no requirement that a corporation in fact have bylaws, although virtually all...more
California Corporations Code Section 307(a)(7) provides that a "majority of the authorized number of directors constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business". Thus, if the authorized number of directors is 7 and there...more
Yeong Wo is an unincorporated association that serves as an umbrella group for a dozen constituent organizations, called “tangs.” In Hee Shen Cemetery & Benevolent Assoc. v. Yeong Wo Assoc., 2024 WL 938928 (March 5, 2024),...more
During the 2021-2022 legislative session, the California Secretary of State sponsored legislation, 2022 Cal. Stats. ch. 617, making numerous changes to the Corporations Code in anticipation of the implementation of its...more
I am often struck by the fact that the California General Corporation Law simply fails to address many very basic questions of corporate law and procedure, including the following...more
While the California General Corporation Law contemplates that corporations will have bylaws but does not explicitly require that they do. In my experience, it is extremely rare to come across a corporation that has not...more
The California General Corporation Law authorizes the adoption of bylaws, but does not purport to define the term. Cal. Corp. Code § 110. The Nonprofit Corporation Law defines "Bylaws" not by description but by stating what...more
Seven years ago, I posited that forum selection clauses that specify the Delaware Court of Chancery were susceptible to being challenged as impermissible waivers of the right to a jury trial under California's Constitution...more