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  2. United States corporate law - Wikipedia

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    AA Berle and GC Means, The Modern Corporation and Private Property (1932) Book I, ch IV, 64 The Wall Street Crash saw the total collapse of stock market values, as shareholders realized that corporations had become overpriced. They sold shares en masse, meaning many companies found it hard to get finance. The result was that thousands of businesses were forced to close, and they laid off ...

  3. Nevada corporation - Wikipedia

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    A Nevada corporation is a corporation incorporated under Chapter 78 of the Nevada Revised Statutes of the U.S. state of Nevada. It is significant in United States corporate law. Nevada, like Delaware (see Delaware General Corporation Law), is well known as a state that offers a corporate haven. Many major corporations are incorporated in Nevada ...

  4. Secretary of State of California - Wikipedia

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    The secretary of state of California is the chief clerk of the U.S. state of California, overseeing a department of 500 people. The secretary of state is elected for four year terms, like the state's other constitutional officers; the officeholder is restricted by term limits to two terms. The current secretary of state is Shirley Weber, who ...

  5. Board of directors - Wikipedia

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    A board of directors is an executive committee that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulations (including the jurisdiction's corporate law) and the organization's own constitution and by-laws.

  6. State Bar of California - Wikipedia

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    The State Bar's predecessor was a voluntary state bar association known as the California Bar Association. [8]: xiii The leader of the effort to establish an integrated (official) bar was Judge Jeremiah F. Sullivan, who first proposed the concept at the California Bar Association's Santa Barbara convention in September 1917, and provided the California Bar Association with a copy of a Quebec ...

  7. Annual general meeting - Wikipedia

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    Sitting at the table are its officer bearers: president, public officer and secretary. An annual general meeting (AGM, also known as the annual meeting) is a meeting of the general membership of an organization. These organizations include membership associations and companies with shareholders. These meetings may be required by law or by the ...

  8. California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

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    dfpi.ca.gov. The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (abbreviated DFPI; formerly the Department of Business Oversight, DBO) regulates a variety of financial services, businesses, products, and professionals. [1] The department operates under the California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency.

  9. Sarbanes–Oxley Act - Wikipedia

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    The Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 is a United States federal law that mandates certain practices in financial record keeping and reporting for corporations.The act, Pub. L. 107–204 (text), 116 Stat. 745, enacted July 30, 2002, also known as the "Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act" (in the Senate) and "Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and ...