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Entity Law

California Corporations Code Not Applied to Avoid Dissolution of Foreign Entities

06/07/2019

When an action is brought to dissolve a California limited partnership or a California limited liability company, the California Corporations Code allows the other partners or the other members to avoid the dissolution by purchasing, for cash, the interests owned…

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Administrative Dissolution of Corporations and LLCs Adopted in California

12/10/2018

The following is the text of an e-bulletin that I wrote and that was published by the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association. On September 22, 2018, Assembly Bill No. 2503 was signed into…

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LLC Bound by Contract Even Though Contract Was Outside Its Purpose and Signatory Was Technically Not a Manager

03/11/2017

The following is the text of an e-bulletin that I authored on apparent authority and that was published by the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California. In  Western Surety Co. v. La Cumbre…

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Ownership of Passive LLC Interest in Manager-Managed LLC Not “Doing Business” in California

03/10/2017

The following is the text of an e-bulletin that I authored and that was published by the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California. In Swart Enterprises, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Board  (Jan. 12,…

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Perils of Dissolution, or Hey, FTB, Where’s My Dough?

07/19/2016

Sometimes a California limited liability company (LLC) or California corporation dissolves and files a final tax return which shows it has a refund coming, but the refund is $800 short. How could this happen? It’s because the Franchise Tax Board (FTB)…

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Don’t go to MyFTB.com. It’s not the official site.

01/19/2016

To access your MyFTB account, go to the FTB’s website: www.ftb.ca.gov . Note that the word “my” is NOT part of the URL. MyFTB.com has been reported as a malware site.

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Misleading Certificate of Status Solicitations

12/17/2014

The California Secretary of State has issued warnings about misleading certificate of status solicitations. Directors and officers of corporations and managers and members of limited liability companies (LLCs) should be wary of such solicitations. As a public service, the text…

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Out-of-State Business Entity Doing Business in California

12/09/2014

An out-of-state business entity is a corporation or limited liability company formed under the law of another state (say, Delaware or Nevada). An out-of-state entity is often referred to as a “foreign” corporation or as a “foreign” LLC. An out-of-state…

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Forming an Out-of-State Entity To Do Business in California

12/09/2014

Sometimes the owner of a business in California believes that forming a business entity (such as a corporation or limited liability company) to do business in California is best done under Delaware law or Nevada law. While this may at…

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Breach of Fiduciary Duty by Corporate Insiders Requires Remedy, Even if Damages Unclear

11/01/2014

When corporate insiders transferred to a new corporation corporate assets claimed to be worthless, the shareholders had a right to a remedy, even if the damages were unclear. In Meister v. Mensinger (2014) 230 Cal. App. 4th 381, Sesame Technologies, Inc., was…

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