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termination of a corporations legal existence |
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1. How can you dissolve a corporation under the BCL
C enter J / V / SOS
2. Shareholders?on what grounds
DEAD or IOF or TWO or WASTE |
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1. Court can enter a judgement of dissolution
Corporation can voluntary file a dissolution
Proclomation of Secratary of State /AG
2. Shareholders if
Directors deadlocked
Illegal, oppresive, fraudulent
Cant appoint directors in at least two annual meeting dates
Directors are wasting corporate assets |
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pre incorporation creator/planner |
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Director duty of care
what is a directors management responsibility
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Exercise due are, act in good faith (PRUDENT PERSON) |
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what protects them if they have acted with due care |
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Duty of care
How can a Director breach his duty
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(1) absence from board meetings without reason or excuse; (2) failure to keep informed of corporate affairs; (3) acquiescence in bad or inept management by inaction when action was required; (4) willful and wanton negligence; or (5) failure to provide access to records as required by law. |
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Director duty
What is presumed |
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BCL creates presumption director performed his statutory duties.if he or she relied in good faith and with the prescribed degree of care upon information, opinions, reports and statements including financial statements and other financial data prepared or presented by relevant professionals, board committees of which they are not a member when the issue is within the scope of the committee or officers and employees of the corporation where the matter is within their scope of duties and they are believed competent in those duties |
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Director duty
When will director be personally liable |
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What does business judgement rule give Directors |
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defense
Application of the New York business judgment rule prevents second-guessing directors when they take corporate action in good faith. |
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when will the business judgement rule not help a director |
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However, the business-judgment doctrine will not be enforced when the bad faith or oppressive conduct of the officers and directors is in issue. For example, a conveyance from a corporation to one of its officers, other than in a liquidation, is patently suspect as to the possible violation of rights of creditors and shareholders. |
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what level of duty is owed |
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what kind of activity can a director NOT be involved in
D I T , C T, U O, I T
WHY NOT
C Of I |
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Director interested transactions, competing transactions, usurping opportunities, insider trading
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Interested director transactions will be set aside unless the director shows that |
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(1) the deal is fair and reasonable to the corporation; or (2) the material facts and the director’s interest were disclosed or known and the deal was approved by a majority of shareholders; |
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. An accomplice can be convicted of the substantive crime if he actively aids, abets, assists, counsels, or encourages a principal to commit a crime |
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When is withdrawal a affirmative defence to accomplice liability |
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a) Voluntary renounces
b) Withdrawal PRIOR to crime
c) tries to prevent crime |
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In new york accomplice liability extends to what |
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actual crime and any forseeable crimes |
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NY - If PRINCIPAL not prosecuted what about accomplice |
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Accomplice can still be found guilty even if Principal not prosecuted or acquitted |
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Under the Penal Law, one either can be liable for a substantive offense as a principal, or liable as an accomplice of a principal so long as the liability arises from the accomplice's own criminal conduct. An accomplice is a person who actively participates in the commission of a crime, even though they take no part in the actual criminal offense. An accomplice can be convicted of the substantive crime if he actively aids, abets, assists, counsels, or encourages a principal to commit a crime. In New York, accomplice liability extends to any crimes foreseeable from the intended crime and the initial crime itself. In New York, an accomplice is not absolved of liability if the principal is acquitted, immune, or not prosecuted. Withdrawal is an affirmative defense to accomplice liability if the accomplice: (1) voluntarily renounces; and (2) withdraws prior to the crime; and (3) makes an effort to prevent the crime. |
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CRIMLAW: Alibi - O:2 - T:1.59% - E:0.26% - F:50.00% - Prio: HIGH |
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An alibi is a defense purporting could not have committed the crime in question. Within 20 days of arraignment, a prosecutor can serve defendant with a demand for his alibi defense, and the defendant has 8 days to answer. ..
not an affirmative defense. Instead, an alibi goes to an essential element of the crime. Prosecutors in a criminal case must prove every element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. They must also prove that the defendant was, in deed, the one who committed the crime. Defendants have this right under the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution, as incorporated by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Where the defendant raises an alibi defense, the trial judge should charge the jury that the defendant has no burden of proof with respect to his alibi and that the prosecutor must disprove the alibi beyond a reasonable doubt. A jury charge incorrectly placing this burden of proof on the defendant is reversible error, giving grounds for a mistrial. |
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alibi
What must prosecutor prove
Is it affirmative |
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Every element of the crime BEYOND a reasonable doubt
It is NOT an affirmative defence - It goes to the crime itself |
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what is the model penal code approach to conspiracy |
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NY has adopted the model penal code unilateral approach to consipiracy, which enables one guilty mind to conspire (allowing for conspirators to be guilty of conspiring with a police officer) |
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