Author Archives: Steve Robinson
Texas Registered Agents: Not Just Boilerplate
Every entity created by a certificate of formation filing with the Texas Secretary of State (corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, etc.) and every entity created under another state’s law but which wants to transact business in Texas MUST DESIGNATE and MAINTAIN … Continue reading
General Solicitation in Some Rule 506 Offerings — Part 2
In Part 1 of this bog, I tried to place in context the recent change in Rule 506 that eliminates — for one class of Rule 506 offerings — the long-time prohibition against general advertising or general solicitation. Part 2 … Continue reading
General Solicitation Now Permitted in Some Rule 506 Offerings — Part 1
This summer, the SEC at last amended Rule 506 of Regulation D to enact the directive given the SEC in the JOBS Act. (Previous blogs have addressed the provisions of the JOBS Act, which became law in April 2012). At … Continue reading
Books and Records Requests in Texas
Trying to adhere to my post-summer schedule of blogging something useful every Friday (know I will miss a few Fridays, and holiday exceptions should be permitted)…. I’ve had anxious, disgruntled, and worried limited partners — passive investors, not managers — … Continue reading
Watch that Drafting!
I’ve been away from this blog for months — some very busy family issues — but that is going to change. Starting today. And one thing I am going to do, is draw even more upon my 31 years of … Continue reading
New Development in Unfinished Business Doctrine and Defunct Law Firms
Despite the sharp disagreement in last year’s federal courts in New York State, a California based judge has swallowed the “unfinished business” doctrine and declared it delicious. In the Heller Ehrman LLP bankruptcy in San Francisco, several BigLaw firms refused … Continue reading
How Bush v Gore can Haunt 2012 — a Postscript
At least one paragraph from my blog series over the past three days is relevant today: First, if the 2012 election is NOT extremely close, then Bush v Gore just will not matter. So what if 500, or 5000, or even 50,000 … Continue reading
How Bush v Gore from 2000 can Haunt 2012 — Part 4B
[The conclusion of Part 4] 3. New York — The issues here are rich and arise from the natural disaster suffered last week when Hurricane Sandy hit the mid-Atlantic states. To some extent, they repeat but also exacerbate the problems … Continue reading
How Bush v Gore from 2000 can Haunt 2012 — Part 4A
In Parts 1 through 3 of this bog, we examined what Bush v Gore actually said. In this Part 4, we examine how the holding — the dictum — and the analysis in Bush v Gore, and the continuity in … Continue reading
How Bush v Gore from 2000 can Haunt 2012 — the Dissent — Part 3
In Part 1 of this series, I looked at the per curiam opinion in Bush v Gore, and how the Equal Protection argument, advanced and prevailed on by Bush, persuaded the US Supreme Court to, in effect, decide the outcome … Continue reading