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On April 23, 2025, the Fourth Appellate District Court of Appeal of the State of California affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action asserting claims under the Securities Act of 1933 against an electric vehicle...more
Last month in Bullock v. Rivian Automotive, California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal became the latest to enforce a federal forum provision (FFP) embedded in a Delaware corporation’s charter and affirmed dismissal of a...more
In OTG New York, Inc. v. Ottogi America, Inc., OTG was the exclusive regional distributor for food company Ottogi from 2008–23, during which Ottogi shipped inventory to OTG’s New Jersey warehouse. In 2024, Ottogi terminated...more
In Drulias v. 1st Century Bancshares, Inc. 30 Cal. App. 5th 696 (2018), the plaintiff was a shareholder in a Delaware corporation whose board of directors approved a merger agreement and at the same time adopted a forum...more
Companies facing the threat of mass arbitration continue to seek judicial intervention to thwart such tactics. However, most of those attempts have failed. Recently, the District Court in the District of Colombia rejected a...more
On February 15, 2023, the California Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a case against a lender, in which the trial court held that a forum selection clause required the claim to be brought in Arizona. The appeals...more
Customer lists held by providers and the personal information users enter to obtain digital wallets or set up crypto exchange accounts are enviable targets for hackers. Such data can be used to launch targeted phishing...more
On April 28, 2022, the Court of Appeals of California, First District, upheld a corporate charter provision requiring shareholders to file Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”) lawsuits in federal court. This is the...more
Employers faced with an apparent trade secret misappropriation by former employees must decide what jurisdiction to bring suit in. For an employer headquartered outside of California who employs California residents working...more
This month, the Ninth Circuit’s decision in DePuy Synthes Sales v. Howmedica Osteonics held that a U.S. district court in California properly invalidated a foreign choice-of-law and forum selection provision under California...more
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Cyan Inc. v. Beaver Co. Employees Retirement Fund, 138 S. Ct. 1061 (2018) and the Delaware Supreme Court's subsequent holding Salzberg v. Sciabacucchi, 227 A.3d 102 (2020),...more