Corporation

Financing Issues in Creating a New Corporation

Capital Structure-Debt vs. EquityGenerally speaking, corporations raise capital through debt or equity or a combination of both. Equity investments—the purchase of shares issued by the corporation—involve...
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Forming a Corporation

Choosing the Business EntityThe selection of a type of business ownership is a decision that a person should make, in consultation with an attorney and an...
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Stock in a Corporation

What is stock in a corporation?Capital StockThe defining characteristic of a corporate legal structure is that its ownership is in the form of stock. The “capital...
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Retrospective on Texas Corporate Law

Corporations are so ubiquitous that it is surprising that they are a relatively recent legal development. Here is a history of the development of the Texas...
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Share Certificates

Ownership interests in a for-profit corporation must be evidenced by a share certificate, unless otherwise provided by the governing documents of the corporation or by resolution...
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Nature of the Corporation

What is a corporation? How is it different from a partnership? What are the legal obligations?Attributes of the corporate entityThe corporate structure allows the owners of...
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Property Rights and Privileges of Share Ownership

Texas law recognizes “the property right which a share in such a company creates.” Yeaman v. Galveston City Co., 167 S.W. 710, 719 (Tex. 1914). In...
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Pre-Incorporation Issues

PromotersThe role of the “promoter” is a bit of an anachronism under the Business Organizations Code. Dean Hildebrand defined a promoter as “one who brings together...
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Corporate Governing Documents

Whenever a client comes to us with a concern about how they are being treated as a shareholder or how the corporation is being run, the...
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There Are Fiduciary Duties to Minority Stockholders in a Stock Redemption

After Ritchie v. Rupe, it is clear in Texas that there is no fiduciary duty generally that majority stockholders owe to minority stockholders. This means that...
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