Questions tagged [incorporation]
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Does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights apply to corporations?
There is an open letter to Samsung referring to the installation of spyware on their products. They reference Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
Reconsider the continued pre-...
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What does the Doctrine of Incorporation do that the Supremacy Clause does not?
According to the Federal Supremacy Clause of the U.S. constitution Federal Law supersedes even State Constitutions.
Separately, the U.S. Federal government employs a doctrine called Incorporation ...
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Would it be illegal for Companies House to require a response to a letter on registration?
It is a thing that people set up fraudulent companies using strangers addresses without authorisation. Companies House appear to say they are legally blocked from preventing this:
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How much incentives do Delaware Registered Agents have to keep coproration owners' identities condifential?
Say Bob wants to create Acme Inc. in Delaware and keep it secret from the public who the owner/director is. He contracts Alice to be his registered agent, and she signs an NDA.
Rob is desperate to ...
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Invalid SOS number - California EDD Number Registration
I'm trying to get an EDD (employment development department) number to file with payroll, and it's asking me for my Secretary of State Identification number.
I have the number, but the site isn't ...
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What stops Musk from changing Tesla's incorporate location to find judges that would rule in his favor
Recently, a judge in Delaware ruled in favor of shareholders and blocked Elon Musk's compensation package.
Later, Elon Musk said he would try to incorporate Tesla in Texas:
"Tesla and Mr. Musk ...
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What happens to contractual rights when a company dissolves?
IP rights are created by law, and continue to exist even if the person who last owned them stops existing.
What about rights created under private contracts?
Say I granted my former employer the ...
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Restrictions on incorporating a limited liability company abroad?
Let's suppose that a country (A) adheres to the incorporation theory. Could it be, that founding a (limited liability) company in another incorporation theory country (B) by a resident of A, and ...
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What is the difference between the seat theory and the incorporation theory?
In corporate law, what is the difference between the seat theory and the incorporation theory? Where do I find the list of countries (jurisdictions) adhering to each?
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What happens to a company’s ongoing contractual liabilities if the company is terminated?
ACME signs a service contract with a minimum term of 18 months. Acme then winds up and folds. What happens to a company’s ongoing contractual liabilities when the company gets terminated?
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Suppose I incorporate in Delaware. If I sell online services to ppl anywhere in the US, do I need to register as foreign in every state?
Suppose I incorporate in Delaware, with an agent that has a physical address there to represent the company in Delaware, and I live in California building an online service from home.
First do I need ...
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Is there any sense in which the City of London Corporation is a corporation wherein other local authorities are not also? [duplicate]
The City of London Corporation includes the word "corporation" in its name. But in the operative sense, are not all other local authorities also such “corporations”?
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For an LLC that is not a C-Corp but taxed as a C-Corp (form 8832), does the EIN change when becoming real C-Corp?
Suppose someone creates an LLC and will not be raising funds now, and won't have other company owners yet (like a sole-proprietorship), but elects for the LLC to be taxed as a C-Corp with form 8832.
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How does a body corporate get sentenced for criminal offences?
Some criminal offences specifically state that if they are committed by the officer of a body corporate then they along with the body corporate itself may be simultaneously processed against as well ...
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What is the purpose of a Corporation Sole?
Why must an organisation represent the idea of an individual, rather than the organisation acting in its own capacity while the individual simply sits as its head?
In other words, why do case workers ...
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