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Forum Selection Diversity

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

All-Seeing Bylaws Help Block Diversity Suit

The rash of shareholder derivative actions alleging violations of fiduciary duties tied to companies’ diversity measures are continuing to take a beating in the Northern District of California. We previously posted about the...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

California Federal Court Enforces Delaware Forum Bylaw and Dismisses Derivative Shareholder Suit Including Exchange Act Proxy...

We have discussed in previous alerts a spate of shareholder lawsuits alleging corporate fiduciary breaches and securities law violations tied to the defendant company’s alleged failure to fulfill diversity aspirations. ...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Another Diversity Suit Tossed on Forum Selection Grounds

This week, another shareholder derivative suit was dismissed based on a forum selection clause contained in the company’s bylaws. In November 2020, a shareholder filed a derivative action alleging that directors and officers...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

California District Court Dismisses Derivative Suit Against Facebook Board Members and Executives Challenging Alleged Lack of...

On March 19, 2021, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ordered the dismissal of Natalie Ocegueda v. Zuckerberg, Case No. 20-cv-04444-LB, a shareholder derivative suit purportedly on behalf...more

Troutman Pepper

First Diversity-Driven Derivative Suit in Facebook Case Tossed by Northern District of California

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As Troutman Pepper recently reported, the second half of 2020 brought a new wave of board diversity derivative litigation. These shareholder suits claimed boards of directors of public companies allegedly breached their...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Diversity Derivative Suit Dismissed

A shareholder derivative action which had alleged that Facebook’s lack of diversity caused a negative effect on its stock price was rejected by a California federal magistrate judge last week. The court held that the...more

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