By Eric Geringswald | CSC New York Business Corporation Law In an effort to provide greater support to new entities seeking to do business in New York, lawmakers approved an amendment requiring the Department of State to provide information and business resources...
By Eric Geringswald | CSC COVID-19 Business Mandates Lawmakers in Connecticut have responded to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic with the approval of a number of legislative changes related to remote meetings and voting, while Rhode Island legislators passed a...
Montana lawmakers approved new provisions for shareholder meetings during its 2021 legislative session in response to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Montana entities can amend or repeal bylaws that require in-person shareholder meetings, boards of directors...
Missouri business attorneys and their staff at small and large law firms have a new resource to help them conduct research more effectively, complete transactions more efficiently, and advise clients with confidence. Missouri Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated...
“In the twenty-odd years I have been a judicial officer in [the Delaware Court of] Chancery, the docket has moved in the direction of contractual disputes and what were once quaintly called alternative entity disputes.” Buttonwood Tree Value Partners...
Arizona Business Laws 2021 Arizona lawmakers amended or added more than 30 sections during the state’s 2021 legislative session. Those changes have been captured in the 2022 edition of Arizona Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated from Corporation...
California Corporations Code California’s state legislature enacted or amended more than 40 sections in the Corporations Code and related codes, including new powers for corporate entities in an emergency, amended laws permitting remote shareholder and...
New Texas Laws Impacting Businesses in 2021 The 2021 Texas legislative session concluded with more than 100 newly enacted or amended sections to the state’s business entity laws, affecting such areas as: Certificates of formation Choice of forum provisions...
Colorado lawmakers approved new procedures allowing for electronic notice and remote meetings during the 2021 legislative session. Changes include: Appraisal rights. Service on a shareholder demanding appraisal rights may be done by electronic transmission...
Maryland lawmakers approved an amendment that permits entities to bring an internal corporate claim in specified circuit courts of Maryland or a federal court sitting in Maryland, or in courts sitting in one or more jurisdictions outside the state. The purpose...
New York lawmakers approved amendments that will allow New York business entities to receive service of process through electronic means starting January 1, 2023. According to the new legislation, New York corporations, associations, limited liability companies...
Florida’s General Assembly amended several sections of the Florida Business Corporation Act (FBCA) to address concerns raised by corporations and the legal community in the wake of the 2019 overhaul of the FBCA. The new legislation: Clarifies the definition...
Georgia legislators approved several statutory changes during the 2021 legislative session, including new provisions that allow for remote meetings and a new tax option for privately owned S-corporations that could reduce their federal tax liability. A new provision...
The Virginia Assembly amended the state’s business laws during the 2021 session to align alternative entity filings with comparable filings for stock corporations. The changes came in the wake of a comprehensive update of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act during...
There are key differences between Texas and Delaware LLC law that business attorneys must consider when choosing entity type and jurisdiction for large transactions. In an upcoming complimentary CLE* webinar, Texas business attorney Byron Egan of Jackson Walker...