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In 2022, the Pennsylvania General Assembly substantially updated Title 15--Corporations and Unincorporated Associations to modernize the state’s corporation laws. The new 2023 edition of CSC Pennsylvania Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated captures all these changes in a comprehensive yet portable and easy-to-search book. You’ll find all the up-to-date business entity law statutes, court rules and forms you need to conduct research more effectively, complete transactions more efficiently and advise your clients with confidence.
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- Find all the statutes that you need regarding Pennsylvania corporations, professional associations, LLCs and partnerships, as well as related content covering related subjects including securities, taxation, arbitration, and fictitious names, as well as Articles 1, 8 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, all current though the 2022 session of the General Assembly
- More than 200 laws added or amended since the previous 2022 edition, including:
- new requirements of annual reports by business entities
- a new procedure for ratification of defective entity actions
- modernized procedures permitting corporations to respond to emergencies and disasters
- express adoption of the business judgment rule in Pennsylvania
- Analysis of these and other legislative changes by Douglas Raymond of Faegre Drinker, as well as Blackline Amendment Notes following each changed section show the exact language added and deleted in the text
- Annotated with more than two dozen new case notes from state and federal court decisions interpreting Pennsylvania business law, which can easily be found with the Table of New Annotations and change bars
- Four new full-text from the past year explore recent legal developments concerning compelled arbitration, venue, director vacancies, and reverse veil-piercing
- An easy-to-reference Fee Schedule showing required filing fees for the Pennsylvania Secretary of State
- Access over 100 ready-to-fill forms for incorporation/formation, qualification, mergers, dissolution, and name reservation for all business entity types via our Lexis Bookstore online download center
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The 2022 Edition ISBN was 9781663333797.
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Pub Number: 26480
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
About the Senior Legal Advisors to CSC Publishing
Table of Sections Affected by 2022 Legislation
Table of New Annotations
Analysis of Select 2022 Legislative Changes to Pennsylvania Business Entity Laws
Summary of Full-Text Pennsylvania Cases
Pennsylvania Fee Schedule
Preliminary Provisions
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 15, Part I
• Chapter 1. General Provisions
• Chapter 2. Entities Generally
• Chapter 3. Entity Transactions
• Chapter 4. Foreign Associations
Corporations
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 15, Part II
Subpart A. Corporations Generally
• Chapter 5. Corporations
Subpart B. Business Corporations
• Chapter 11. General Provisions
• Chapter 13. Incorporation
• Chapter 15. Corporate Powers, Duties and Safeguards
• Chapter 17. Officers, Directors and Shareholders
• Chapter 19. Fundamental Changes
• Chapter 21. Nonstock Corporations
• Chapter 23. Statutory Close Corporations
• Chapter 25. Registered Corporations
• Chapter 27. Management Corporations
• Chapter 29. Professional Corporations
• Chapter 31. Insurance Corporations
• Chapter 33. Benefit Corporations
• Chapter 41. Foreign Business Corporations
Subpart C. Nonprofit Corporations
• Chapter 51. General Provisions
• Chapter 53. Incorporation
• Chapter 55. Corporate Powers, Duties and Safeguards
• Chapter 57. Officers, Directors and Members
• Chapter 59. Amendments, Sale of Assets and Dissolution
• Chapter 61. Foreign Nonprofit Corporations
Subpart D. Cooperative Corporations
• Chapter 71. Cooperative Corporations Generally
• Chapter 73. Electric Cooperative Corporations
• Chapter 75. Cooperative Agricultural Associations
• Chapter 77. Workers’ Cooperative Corporations
Partnerships
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 15, Part III
• Chapter 81. General Provisions
• Chapter 82. Limited Liability Partnerships and Limited Liability Limited
Partnerships
• Chapter 84. General Partnerships
• Chapter 86. Limited Partnerships
• Chapter 87. Electing Partnerships
• Chapter 88. Limited Liability Companies
Limited Liability Companies
• Chapter 89. Limited Liability Companies
Unincorporated Associations
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 15, Part IV
• Chapter 91. Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations
• Chapter 93. Professional Associations
Trusts
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 15, Part V
• Chapter 95. Business Trusts
Related Laws and Rules
Miscellaneous Commercial Code Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 13, Division 1
Chapter 11. General Provisions
Chapter 12. General Definitions and Principles of Interpretation
Chapter 13. Territorial Applicability and General Rules
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 13, Division 8
• Chapter 81. Short Title and General Matters
• Chapter 82. Issue and Issuer
• Chapter 83. Transfer of Certificated and Uncertificated Securities
• Chapter 84. Registration
• Chapter 85. Security Entitlements
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 13, Division 9
• Chapter 91 . General Provisions
• Chapter 92. Effectiveness of Security Agreement, Attachment of Security Interest
and Rights of Parties to Security Agreement
• Chapter 93. Perfection and Priority
• Chapter 94. Rights of Third Parties
• Chapter 95. Filing
• Chapter 96. Default
• Chapter 97. Transition Provisions
• Chapter 98. Transition Provisions for 2013 Amendments
Miscellaneous Jurisdictional Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 42, Part VI
• Chapter 53. Bases of Jurisdiction and Interstate and International Procedure
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 42, Part VII
• Chapter 73. Arbitration
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 51, Part VI
• Chapter 96. Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
Miscellaneous Civil Procedure Rules
Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure
• Rule 423
• Rule 424
• Rule 430
• Rule 440
• Rules 1301 to 1314
• Rule 1506
• Rules 2126 to 2130
• Rules 2132 to 2135
• Rules 2151 to 2156
• Rule 2158 to 2159
• Rules 2176 to 2179
Fictitious Names; Corporate and Other Association Names
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 54
• Chapter 3. Fictitious Names
• Chapter 5. Corporate and Other Association Names
Pennsylvania Statutes
Title 70. Securities
• Chapter 1.5. Pennsylvania Securities Act of 1972
• Chapter 1.7. Takeover Disclosure Law
Title 72. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs
• Chapter 1. The Fiscal Code
• Chapter 5. Tax Reform Code of 1971
Appendix A Full Text of Featured Cases
Appendix B Pennsylvania Business Entity Forms
Index