Chapter 22 of the California General Corporation Law is devoted to crimes and penalties. Some of these crimes are surprising. Section 2252, for example, imposes criminal liability on every person who "signs to any...more
Section 2254 of the California Corporations declares it a felony for a director, officer or agent of any corporation, whether domestic or foreign, to knowingly concur in making, publishing or posting either generally or...more
In Janus Capital Group Inc. v. First Derivative Traders, the US Supreme Court appeared to apply a similar standard to Rule 10b-5 securities fraud cases. Under Janus, the Court appeared to hold that only someone who has the...more