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Does Amending A Shareholders Agreement Require Qualification Under The California Corporate Securities Law?

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A significant amount of background is required to answer the question of whether amending a shareholders agreement is subject to qualification under the California Corporate Securities Law.  As an initial matter, the CSL...more

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Directors Removing Directors

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Seven years ago, I addressed the question of whether the board of directors of a California corporation could remove a fellow director...more

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Not Every California Corporation Is Governed By The California General Corporation Law

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The California General Corporation Law is part of the California Corporations Code, but not every corporation incorporated in California is formed or governed by the General Corporation Law.   In fact, the Corporations Code...more

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What Egregious Error Have Courts Made Nearly 9,000 Times (And Counting)?

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In a recently published article, Professors Samantha J. Prince & Joshua P. Fershée focus on the propensity to conflate corporations with limited liability companies...more

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A Key Difference Between Corporate And LLC Buyout Rights That You May Have Missed

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Both the California General Corporation Law and the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act include provisions granting shareholders/members the right to avoid a dissolution of the corporation/LLC under...more

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Serving Agents That Can't Be Found

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Yesterday's post discussed how to effect service on a foreign corporation. Two of three statutory options relate to service on an agent of the corporation. What if an agent cannot be found? Mirabile dictu! The GCL provides...more

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Whom Do You Serve?

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Due process requires proper notice. Without notice, all may be for naught. James Joyce's alter ego, Leopold Bloom, took note of this fact in the Cyclops chapter of Ulysses...more

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A Field Guide To Distinguishing Directors From Officers

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A colleague who is not a corporate lawyer recently noted that in common parlance directors and officers are often simply lumped together as the “same thing”. He suggested that I devote a post to a primer on the differences...more

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