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Allen Matkins

Is Bullock v. Rivian the Nail in the Coffin for California State 1933 Act Claims?

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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

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Derivative Action Based on Forum Clause as Applied to Federal Claim

A recent Seventh Circuit decision in Seafarers Pension Plan v. Bradway may complicate defendants’ ability to use forum-selection bylaws as a basis for dismissal of derivative suits pleading claims under the Securities...more

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Dropbox Becomes Third California Superior Court Decision To Enforce Delaware Corporations’ Federal Forum Provision For Securities...

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Three separate California Superior Courts have recently upheld federal forum provisions (“FFP”) in governing corporate documents to preclude state court actions under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) (15...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Delaware Supreme Court Revives Charter Provision Requiring Securities Act Claims Be Brought in Federal Court

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The Delaware Supreme Court, in reversing a Delaware Court of Chancery decision, upheld a corporate charter provision requiring stockholders bring claims arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act), in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Delaware Supreme Court Confirms That Federal Forum Provision Is Facially Valid, Reversing Court of Chancery

In Sciabacucchi v. Salzberg, No. 346, 2019, 2020 WL 1280785 (Del. Mar. 18, 2020), the Delaware Supreme Court reversed a Delaware Court of Chancery (Laster, V.C.) decision declaring invalid a federal forum selection provision...more

Morgan Lewis

Delaware Supreme Court Ruling Allows Exclusive Federal Forum Provisions For ’33 Act Claims

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The Delaware Supreme Court held on March 18 in Salzberg, et al. v. Sciabacucchi that the exclusive federal-forum provisions in certificates of incorporation for three Delaware corporations were not facially invalid....more

A&O Shearman

So Long, Cyan?—Delaware Supreme Court Endorses Federal Forum-selection Provisions for Securities Act Claims

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Today, the Supreme Court of Delaware reversed a decision of the Delaware Court of Chancery and affirmatively endorsed the enforceability of federal forum-selection provisions, in a Delaware corporation’s certificate of...more

Mintz - Securities Litigation Viewpoints

Delaware Chancery Court Holds Corporations Cannot Enact Federal Forum Provisions To Bypass Cyan and Preclude State Courts from...

In 2017, courts across this country were split on whether plaintiffs could assert a class action alleging claims under the Securities Act of 1933 (which provides a private right of action against issuers and others for...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Delaware Chancery Court Closes Off Potential Route Around Cyan

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On December 19, 2018, the Delaware Chancery Court held that a business incorporated in Delaware could not use its corporate charter or bylaws to require that its shareholders bring any securities claims under the Securities...more

White and Williams LLP

Delaware Chancery Court Invalidates Charter Provisions Requiring Federal Forum Selection for Claims Under The Securities Act Of...

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On December 19, 2018, The Delaware Court of Chancery held in Sciabacucchi v. Salzberg that Delaware corporations cannot use charter or bylaw provisions to mandate that claims under the Securities Act of 1933 (‘33 Act) must be...more

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Blog: Delaware Chancery invalidates exclusive federal forum provisions

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In March 2018, in Cyan Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, SCOTUS held that state courts continue to have concurrent jurisdiction over class actions alleging only ’33 Act violations by private plaintiffs and that...more

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