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Forum selection clauses have long been a feature of commercial contracting. Since then-Chancellor Strine’s decision in Boilermakers Local 154 Ret. Fund v. Chevron Corp., Delaware corporations have routinely included such...more
The California Supreme Court’s July 21 decision in EpicentRx, Inc. v. Superior Court resolves a longstanding uncertainty around enforcement of forum selection clauses under California law, holding that the absence of jury...more
In a closely watched decision issued on July 21, 2025, the California Supreme Court, in EpicentRx, Inc. v. Superior Court, held that a forum selection clause requiring shareholder lawsuits to be brought in the Delaware Court...more
In EpicentRx, Inc. v. Superior Court, Case No. S282521, 2025 WL 2027272 (Cal. July 21, 2025), the California Supreme Court held that forum selection clauses may be enforced against California plaintiffs even when the selected...more
Delaware corporations headquartered in California can now successfully move to dismiss investor suits filed in California when the corporations’ governing documents contain forum selection clauses mandating the Delaware Court...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
Ravindran v. Glas Trust Co. LLC, No. 463, 2023 (Del. Sept. 23, 2024) - In affirming the Court of Chancery’s determination in a Section 225 action that Timothy Pohl (“Pohl”) was the sole director and officer of a Delaware...more