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January 30, 2025
2025 Release of Voss on Delaware Contract Law now available

2025 Release of Voss on Delaware Contract Law now available

Voss on Delaware Contract Law is an unparalleled resource on the immense body of contract law that underpins the nation’s predominant corporate and alternative entities laws, as well as the contract-related disputes that are frequently addressed in Delaware’s renowned business courts and studied in commercial centers worldwide. Release 6 (January 2025) of Voss on Delaware Contract Law is now available. It...

January 29, 2025
Latest Updates to Indiana’s Business Entity Laws and New Case Law Available Now

Latest Updates to Indiana’s Business Entity Laws and New Case Law Available Now

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Indiana’s legislature approved changes to more than three dozen sections of the state’s laws governing business entities in 2024, including a new provision regarding notice requirements for health care entity mergers and acquisitions and amendments to the state’s LLC provision addressing the death of a sole member. These and other updates changes are captured in the 2025...

January 28, 2025
Alabama Legislature Repeals Annual Report Requirement for Corporations

Alabama Legislature Repeals Annual Report Requirement for Corporations

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Corporations are no longer required to file an annual report with Alabama’s Secretary of State. The legislation repealing the requirement went into effect on October 1, 2024. Corporations must still file a business privilege tax return with the state’s Department of Revenue. The change is one of more than 50 amendments made to the state’s laws governing business entities...

January 24, 2025
Stay on Top of Judicial Decisions Affecting Business Entity Law in Missouri

Stay on Top of Judicial Decisions Affecting Business Entity Law in Missouri

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Missouri business attorneys and their staff at small and large law firms need fast and easy access to the judicial decisions interpreting business entity law. CSC’s Missouri Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated includes case notes with the business entity statutes to ensure practitioners have the information they need to conduct research and counsel clients. The 2025 edition of...

January 08, 2025
California Legislature Approves 40+ Changes to State’s Business Entity Laws

California Legislature Approves 40+ Changes to State’s Business Entity Laws

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Overview of California Business Law Updates During the 2024 legislative session, the California legislature approved over 40 amendments to the California Corporations Code and related statutes. Key changes include new requirements for venture capital companies and franchise brokers, highlighting a commitment to modernizing the state’s business regulations. Comprehensive Coverage in...

January 07, 2025
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Amend UCC and Securities Statutes

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Amend UCC and Securities Statutes

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Updates to Pennsylvania’s UCC for Digital Assets Pennsylvania lawmakers approved significant changes to the state’s Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) in 2024. These changes establish rules and procedures for transactions involving digital assets, referred to as controllable electronic records. These records may include cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Amendments to...

January 06, 2025
Changes to Business Entity Laws in Maryland and the District of Columbia

Changes to Business Entity Laws in Maryland and the District of Columbia

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Updates in Maryland Business Laws Maryland lawmakers approved provisions regarding emergency bylaws for corporations and the ratification of defective acts during the 2024 legislative session. These updates aim to address governance challenges and streamline corporate decision-making during emergencies. New Developments in Washington D.C. Business Law In Washington D.C., legislators introduced...

December 20, 2024
AI Terms, 'Coffee Badging' Among Top New Words In Law

AI Terms, 'Coffee Badging' Among Top New Words In Law

By Emily Sawicki Law360 (December 12, 2024) -- Burton's Legal Thesaurus recently announced this year's top new words in law, with entries like "coffee badging" and "hot-tubbing" joining the echelons of 2022's "meme stock" and 2023's "hallucination" as the thesaurus brings to light some of the most novel terms and talking points for lawyers in 2024. Picture it...

December 09, 2024
The Critical Need for Business Courts in Idaho's Rapidly Growing Economy

The Critical Need for Business Courts in Idaho's Rapidly Growing Economy

By Angelo L. Rosa | Managing Partner at ROSA PLLC & President at ALR Publications Ltd. Does Idaho have Business Courts? The short is answer is no, at least not yet. As a state, Idaho is currently growing at a faster rate than any other in the country. Population has grown an average of 1.8% annually since 2010, with the largest increases occurring over the past five years. Migration from states with higher costs...

December 09, 2024
CSC’s South Dakota Deskbook Provides Practitioners with a Collection of Business and Trust Law Statutes

CSC’s South Dakota Deskbook Provides Practitioners with a Collection of Business and Trust Law Statutes

By Eric Geringswald | CSC CSC , in collaboration with legal publisher LexisNexis , has released the 2023 edition of South Dakota Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated to provide legal professionals in the state with the comprehensive resource they need to counsel clients, and complete transactions , and conduct business. This edition contains up-to-date South Dakota business entity legislation and other valu ed...

December 09, 2024
California Legislature Approves more than 90 changes to State’s Business Entity Laws

California Legislature Approves more than 90 changes to State’s Business Entity Laws

By Eric Geringswald | CSC More than 90 sections of California’s Corporations Code and related codes were added or amended during the 2023 legislative session, including laws regarding meetings, contracts, fictitious business names, ratification or validation of noncompliant corporate actions, and a new division in the Uniform Commercial Code regulating transactions involving “controllable electronic records...

December 09, 2024
Changes to Montana Business Laws Address Taxation, Corporate Filings, the Protection of Vulnerable Persons and more

Changes to Montana Business Laws Address Taxation, Corporate Filings, the Protection of Vulnerable Persons and more

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Changes made to Montana’s business laws during the latest legislative session included an amendment to recognizing entities formed under federally recognized Indian tribes, a provision allowing company directors to rescind their resignation, provisions designed to protect vulnerable persons from financial exploitation, and an amendment changing the income tax apportionment of multi-state...

December 09, 2024
Latest Updates to New York Business Entity Laws

Latest Updates to New York Business Entity Laws

By Eric Geringswald | CSC New York lawmakers recently added new requirements for LLCs with beneficial owners. This and other changes are captured in the Fall 2024 e dition of New York Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated . This edition captures the latest legislative changes through Chapter 312 of the 2024 Session. The Table of Sections Affected lists statutory changes and the Legislative Analysis provide s...

December 09, 2024
New Provisions in South Dakota Business Entity Law Added to Regulate Electronic Records

New Provisions in South Dakota Business Entity Law Added to Regulate Electronic Records

By Eric Geringswald | CSC South Dakota lawmakers added or amended more than 60 sections to the state’s business entity and trust laws during the latest legislative session, including new UCC provisions regulating electronic records such as cryptocurrency and NFTS. These changes are captured in the 2024 edition of South Dakota Laws Governing Business Entities and Trusts Annotated . The book features the full...

December 09, 2024
Maryland Revises Corporation Laws: 2023 MGCL and Statutory Trust Act Changes

Maryland Revises Corporation Laws: 2023 MGCL and Statutory Trust Act Changes

Updates to Key Sections of the MGCL Maryland lawmakers approved revisions to Corporations and Associations of the Maryland General Corporation Law (MGCL) regarding the following: Shares issued in a conversion The prohibition on bearer certificates Annual stockholder meetings of investment companies Remote voting at stockholder meetings Termination of a Real Estate Investment Trust Legislators...

December 09, 2024
New Jersey Amends Corporate Taxation Laws, CSC Provides Insights

New Jersey Amends Corporate Taxation Laws, CSC Provides Insights

By Eric Geringswald | CSC New Jersey lawmakers amended the corporation taxation laws during the 221st First Annual Session of the state’s legislature in 2024. Lawmakers also amended laws to provide for the certification of a business as an LGBTQ+ business. The 2024 edition of CSC's New Jersey Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated captures these and other changes to ensure practitioners are working with...

December 09, 2024
Comprehensive Updates in Georgia's Business Laws: Over 200 Legislative Changes in 2024

Comprehensive Updates in Georgia's Business Laws: Over 200 Legislative Changes in 2024

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Georgia l awmaker s a dded or amended more than 200 sections of the state’s business law statute s during the 2024 legislative session, including a new ly enacted a rticle of the Commercial Code regulating controllable electronic records, such as cryptocurrency and NFTs. What's New in the 2024 Edition All t he se changes are captured in the 202 4 edition of Georgia Laws Governing...

December 09, 2024
Massachusetts Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated includes up-to date statutes, the latest case law, and compelling commentary

Massachusetts Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated includes up-to date statutes, the latest case law, and compelling commentary

By Eric Geringswald | CSC CSC’s Massachusetts Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated is a comprehensive collection of annotated Massachusetts business statutes and regulations and is an essential resource for business law practitioners in the state and the region. The 202 4 edition is updated with the latest legislation through Chapter 67 of the 2024 Massachusetts legislative session. The book’s Table...

December 09, 2024
2024 Virginia Business Law Updates: Over 70 Key Legislative Changes

2024 Virginia Business Law Updates: Over 70 Key Legislative Changes

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Virginia legislators approved more than 70 amendments to the state’s business laws during the 2024 session of the Virginia Assembly, including changes that address annual reports, garnishments , service of process, as well as a new Title of the UCC regulating controllable electronic records, such as cryptocurrency and NFTs. These and other changes are captured in the 2024 edition of...

December 09, 2024
Colorado Lawmakers Replace Unique Combined Reporting Test

Colorado Lawmakers Replace Unique Combined Reporting Test

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Colorado’s unique “three of six” combined reporting test has been replaced with the Multistate Tax Commission’s standard. The change now requires the members of an affiliated group of C corporations to file a combined report. The net income of each combined group member will be computed the same way that it is currently computed under existing law, but intercompany transactions...

December 09, 2024
Florida Lawmakers Revise Provisions for LLCs Planning to Issue Securities

Florida Lawmakers Revise Provisions for LLCs Planning to Issue Securities

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Florida’s General Assembly added or amended more than 50 sections of the state’s business entity laws, including new procedures for ratifications of defective corporate actions and resignation of registered agents, as well as new exemptions under the securities law. The changes are captured in the 2024 Edition of CSC’s Florida Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated . ...

December 09, 2024
Recent Amendment to Illinois Business Entity Law Adds New Requirement for State Contractors

Recent Amendment to Illinois Business Entity Law Adds New Requirement for State Contractors

By Eric Geringswald | CSC A recent amendment to Illinois ’ business entity statutes will require state contractors to annually submit a list of services suppliers to the state’s Commission on Equity and Inclusion. The list must be organized by category, including, but not limited to, legal services, accounting services, media placement, technology services, asset management, and consulting services. The...

December 09, 2024
Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Cybersecurity Threats in 2024: 5 Strategies for Corporations and Legal Counsel

Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Cybersecurity Threats in 2024: 5 Strategies for Corporations and Legal Counsel

In the ever-evolving landscape data privacy and cybersecurity , corporations find themselves amidst a complex web of cybersecurity threats that grow increasingly sophisticated with each passing year. The convergence of technological advancements and geopolitical tensions has given rise to a formidable array of challenges for corporations, their legal counsels, and their chief technology officers. From AI-powered attacks...

December 09, 2024
Delaware Amends Corporate Laws After Court Rulings in 2024

Delaware Amends Corporate Laws After Court Rulings in 2024

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Lawmakers in Delaware passed new legislation in June 2024 in response to two recent Delaware Court of Chancery rulings: West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension Fund v. Moelis & Co. , which addressed limitations on a board of directors’ ability to grant governance rights by contract, and Sjunde Ap- Fonden v. Activision Blizzard Inc. , which addressed statutory requirements regarding...

December 09, 2024
Alabama Legislature Amends State’s Business Laws for 2024

Alabama Legislature Amends State’s Business Laws for 2024

By Eric Geringswald | CSC Lawmakers in Alabam a approved changes to more than 200 sections of the state’s laws governing business entities in 2023 , adding or amending provisions regarding merger, conversion, and stockholder meetings, enacting Alabama’s Nonprofit Corporation Law, and approving new chapter in the UCC regulating controllable electronic records, including blockchain s and NFTs. Th ese and...