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
Over the years, I have been frequently called to assist in cases of wrongful termination. Rarely have I encountered the converse - the formation of an entity using a stolen identity. Fortunately, the Civil Code has created a...more
The California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act contemplates requires that a California LLC have at least two types of offices - a principal office and a designated office....more
The California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act requires that the articles of organization include several prescribed statements, including the street address of the limited liability company's initial principal...more
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
The World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a pandemic, prompting numerous public and private organizations and agencies to accelerate their contingency plans so as to...more
Connecticut requires all annual report filings for limited liability companies (domestic and foreign) to be filed every year with the Connecticut Secretary of the State’s Office (the “Secretary”) by March 31 and all annual...more
Cannabis companies should be aware of a new development with the Delaware Secretary of State. Last week, we were verbally advised by the Secretary of State’s office that Delaware is now reviewing the names of entities being...more
Five Business Entity Forms: • Corporation • General Partnership • Limited Partnership • Limited Liability Partnership (“LLP”) • Limited Liability Company (“LLC”) ...more
This past week, the North Carolina General Assembly adopted a bill to streamline the process for filing assumed business names (more commonly known as "D.B.A.s")....more
My last name is Bishop. In Spanish, it would be Obispo. If I included Obispo in a corporate name, would that be acceptable to the Secretary of State?...more