Secretary of State

Legislature Acts To Forestall Business Filings Götterdämmerung

by Keith Paul Bishop | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 5/9/2013

Anyone who has submitted a business filing to the California Secretary of State’s office know that a serious problem exists. At present, the Secretary of State has 122,000 documents waiting to be filed. The delays are simply...more

Top Ten Tax Mistakes For Restaurant Owners

by David Gair | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 4/19/2013

If you are thinking about getting into the restaurant business there are a multitude of issues that you need to consider. One of the most important is taxes. By this I mean, doing the appropriate advanced planning and also...more

Capital Thinking Update - February 25, 2013

by Amy Davenport, Tanya DeRivi, Eugenia Edwards, Matthew Kulkin, Erin McGrain, John Sharp, Amy Budner Smith, Stacy Swanson, Scott Thompson, Dana Weeks | Patton Boggs LLP on 2/27/2013

In This Issue: - General Legislative - Sequestration - Agriculture & Food - Budget and Appropriations - Cybersecurity - Education - Energy - Financial Services - Health Care - International,...more

Michigan Secretary Of State To Issue Driver’s Licenses To DACA Recipients

by Luis Avila, Kimberly A. Clarke, Nina Thekdi | Varnum LLP on 2/5/2013

Beginning February 19, 2013, the Michigan Department of State will begin issuing driver's licenses and state identification cards to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. The change is based on an United...more

Legislature Imposes New Penalty On LLCs

by Keith Paul Bishop | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 1/31/2013

As I discussed in this earlier post, “transacting intrastate business” is not the same as “doing business” in this state. Foreign corporations and limited liability companies must register with the Secretary of State if they...more

Beware: Deceptive Corporate Compliance Notices

by Theodore Howell, Alexandra Pezzello | Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 1/25/2013

It has come to our attention that numerous Rhode Island corporate clients have received by mail, solicitation letters from a company indicating that it could assist in the corporation’s compliance with Rhode Island General...more

Reed Smith Hosts Q & A on Unclaimed Property With Delaware Secretary of State – Audits to Begin Again on February 1

by Sara Lima, Michael Wynne | Reed Smith on 1/24/2013

For more than an hour on January 8, Delaware Secretary of State Jeffrey Bullock and an attorney administering the new program, Geoffrey Sawyer, took questions from Sara Lima and Michael Wynne of Reed Smith’s State Tax Group....more

This Week in Washington - January 11, 2013

by Patton Boggs LLP on 1/14/2013

In This Issue: - DOMESTIC POLICY MATTERS - Congress is in recess this week. The House returns on Monday, and the Senate returns January 21st. Debt Ceiling, Budget & the Economy. The President’s Fiscal Year...more

Nevada Legislature May Prohibit The Establishment of Corporations For “Illicit Purposes”

by Keith Paul Bishop | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 1/14/2013

Nevada’s legislature meets in regular session every other year for 12o consecutive calendar days. Nev. Const. Art. II, § 4 and NRS 218A.078. Although the 77th session does not start until February 4, legislators are already...more

The North Carolina Qualified Business Tax Credit Program

by James O'Brien III, Stephanie Sanders | Poyner Spruill LLP on 1/9/2013

Investors and businesses that are seeking to raise capital should be aware of North Carolina’s Qualified Business Tax Credit Program, which provides significant tax benefits to North Carolina taxpayers in connection with...more

IP 101 – 10 Things to Know About Trademarks

by Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP on 1/8/2013

1. What is a trademark? A trademark is a brand name for a product. It can be a word, phrase, logo, design, or virtually anything that is used to identify the source of the product and distinguish it from competitors’...more

New Law Lets A Thousand Rules Bloom, But Only Quarterly

by Keith Paul Bishop | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 1/3/2013

Under the Administrative Procedure Act, the Office of Administrative Law is responsible for the review of regulations promulgated by over 200 state agencies. In 2011, reportedly 103 different agencies proposed 467 new rules....more

Changes In California Business Entity Filings Take Effect Next Week

by Keith Paul Bishop | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 12/28/2012

The California Secretary of State has given notice of the following changes to business entity filings...more

Does The Victims Of Corporate Fraud Compensation Fund Deny Due Process?

by Keith Paul Bishop | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 12/19/2012

In notorious defiance of the California Constitution, the legislature in 2002 established the Victims of Corporate Fraud Compensation Fund. See Victims of Corporate Fraud. The purpose of the fund is to provide ”restitution to...more

Don’t Let the Secretary of State Shutter Your Business

by Donna Ray Berkelhammer | Sands Anderson PC on 12/12/2012

When you form a limited liability company or a corporation, your entity becomes a separate legal identity from you. This is what enables the company’s debts and liabilities to be separate from the yours as the owner (limited...more

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