Shareholders, California, Business Formation

Should Law Schools Be Teaching California Corporate Law?

Allen Matkins on 2/27/2025

It has been my experience that corporate law attorneys at national law firms tend to have a great deal of knowledge about and experience with Delaware corporate law. The reason for this is that Delaware has historically been...more

Bill Would Vest Secretary Of State With Broad Powers To Cancel Business Entities

Allen Matkins on 3/5/2024

Last month, California State Senator Monique Limón introduced a bill, SB 1168, that would endow the California Secretary of State with the power to cancel the articles of a domestic corporation or the filing of a statement...more

What Is A "Joint Stock Association"?

Allen Matkins on 2/2/2024

Part 3 of Title 3 of the California Corporations Code is comprised of four statutes governing "joint stock associations". Oddly, the Corporations Code makes no attempt to define the term and it does not appear in any other...more

Why I Find This Case To Be So Confusing

Allen Matkins on 4/25/2022

I recently came across Judge William Alsup's ruling in Carbon Crest, LLC v. Tencue Productions, LLC, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66676. However, the first two sentences of the ruling left me baffled...more

Legislator Proposes To Expand Definition of "Director From An Underrepresented Community"

Allen Matkins on 3/31/2022

Enacted in 2020, AB 979 requires publicly held domestic or foreign corporations having their principal executive offices in California to have specified minimum numbers of directors from "underrepresented communities". Cal....more

Shareholders › California › Business Formation

Should Law Schools Be Teaching California Corporate Law?

Bill Would Vest Secretary Of State With Broad Powers To Cancel Business Entities

What Is A "Joint Stock Association"?

Why I Find This Case To Be So Confusing

Legislator Proposes To Expand Definition of "Director From An Underrepresented Community"

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