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Forum Selection Internal Affairs Doctrine

DLA Piper

Legal Shopping Spree Continues in Internal Affairs Disputes: Key Case Developments

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The first half of 2025 saw numerous developments in the strategies and counterstrategies between corporations and their stockholders in efforts to find the most favorable law and courts to decide disputes between them....more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

New York Court Joins Other State Courts in Dismissing Securities Act Claims in Favor of Federal Forum Provision

As we have discussed in prior client alerts, in the wake of the Delaware Supreme Court’s decision in Salzberg v. Sciabacucci (Salzberg), 227 A.3d 102 (Del. 2020), several California state courts have dismissed claims against...more

Wiley Rein LLP

California Court Enforces Federal Forum Selection Provision For 1933 Act Claims

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A California court ruled that a forum selection provision in a Delaware company’s registration statement requiring that certain securities litigation be brought solely in federal court was enforceable.  Wong v. Restoration...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Court of Appeal Enforces Delaware Forum Selection Bylaw

In Drulias v. 1st Century Bancshares, Inc., No. H045049, 2018 WL 6735137 (Cal. App. Dec. 21, 2018), the California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District, affirmed an order staying a stockholder lawsuit brought in the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2019 Insights: Key Delaware Corporation Law Developments

The Delaware courts issued a number of significant decisions in 2018 that are likely to have ripple effects throughout 2019. Among them were a series of cases that further developed the parameters of the Corwin and MFW...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Delaware Court Strikes Down Federal Forum Selection Provisions in Certificates of Incorporation - Allows Plaintiffs to Bring...

In Sciabacucchi v. Salzberg, C.A. No. 2017-0931-JTL (Del. Ch. Dec. 19, 2018), the Delaware Court of Chancery invalidated provisions in the certificates of incorporation of three Delaware corporations — Blue Apron Holdings...more

Snell & Wilmer

Impact of Delaware Fee-Shifting Provisions on Derivative Actions in California

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A recent decision in the Delaware Supreme Court, in conjunction with the broad California exceptions to the internal affairs doctrine, may dictate the legal landscape of shareholder litigation in California in the near...more

Allen Matkins

Forum Selection Clauses Were Here Before They Were In Bylaws

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Recent rulings by judges in Delaware and other states have given impetus to the adoption of exclusive forum bylaws. To the casual observer, the idea might seem entirely novel. But as Koheleth (the Gatherer) wrote “What has...more

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A Shot In A Mug Of Beer May Not Be The Answer To This Exclusive Forum Bylaw Case

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In March, Safeway and Albertsons announced that they had entered into a definitive merger agreement. As night follows day, litigation ensued. At least 12 class action complaints were filed by alleged stockholders of...more

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