Nonprofit Basics: How To Wind up a California Charity
Yesterday's Wall Street Journal includes a story about the possible delisting of shares of Chinese companies. Shares of companies that are listed, or authorized for listing, on a national securities exchange (or tier or...more
In our Legislative Alert of October 13, 2020, we reported on the California legislation enacted in late September, Assembly Bill 1864, that created the new California Consumer Financial Protection Law (“CCFPL”), and we set...more
Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act provides an exemption from Securities Act registration for offers and sales of securities in specified exchange transactions. There are several conditions to the exemption, including...more
The offer and sale of securities in California must be qualified unless the securities or transaction is exempt. Corporations Code Section 25100(b) exempts any security "issued or guaranteed . . . by any other foreign...more
An entire division of California’s Business & Professions Code is devoted to a single plant genus – Cannabis. The official name of the division is the “Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act” aka the...more
The title of yesterday’s post may have been a bit recondite for some readers as I never directly mentioned negotiating permits in the post. Therefore, today’s post will back up a bit and fill in some of the missing pieces....more
The Commissioner of Business Oversight’s final regulations implementing a new exemption for finders from the broker-dealer provisions of the Corporate Securities Law took effect on June 21, 2017. See 10 CCR §§ 260.211.4,...more
The list of instruments and interests included within the definition of a “security” in California Corporations Code Section 25019 is long. A franchise, however, is not to be found amongst the named. In fact, the statute...more
When looking for exemptions from the qualification requirements of the California Corporate Securities Law of 1968, a good place to start is Chapter 1, Part 2, Division 1 of Title 4 of the Corporations Code. Cal. Corp. Code...more