Governor Brown Submits Agency M&A Proposal by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 4/3/2012 Article V, Section 6 of the California Constitution provides that the legislature may provide by statute for the Governor to “assign and reorganize functions among executive officers and agencies and their employees, other...more
PA Bank Shares Tax: Big News for Banks Involved in Mergers by Reed Smith on 8/8/2011 Today, the Commonwealth Court decided the Lebanon Valley Farmers Bank case1. The case produces a big problem for banks that have, in the past six years, been involved in a merger between a bank that is a bank shares taxpayer...more
Doing Business in Canada by Andrae Marrocco on 5/1/2010 This publication presents a general overview of the legislative and regulatory framework faced by foreign businesses wishing to establish or acquire a business in Canada. It covers topics ranging from Canada's constitutional...more
Tenth Circuit Holds Corporate Shareholders Do Not Have Standing Under Rico To Sue Derivatively For Alleged Injuries To Corporation by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/9/2010 In Bixler v. Foster, No. 09-2138, 2010 WL 597477 (10th Cir. Feb. 22, 2010), the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a class action lawsuit brought by minority shareholders of Mineral...more
Communications Law Bulletin -- June 2007 by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/30/2007 In this issue: The Month in Brief Congress Continues to Introduce Targeted Bills Second Circuit Vacates FCC Order Finding “Fleeting Expletives” Indecent Video Franchise Bills Continue to Move Ahead in the States, While...more