Court Finds California Labor Statute To Be No Bar To Charter Forum Selection Clause

In 2016, California added Section 925to its Labor Code. Cal. Stats. 2016, ch. 632. That statute prohibits an employer from requiring an employee who primarily resides and works in California, as a condition of employment, to agree to a provision...

Why Are Stockholders Of A Nevada Corporation Invoking The DGCL?

When the minority stockholders of a Nevada corporation, Scientific Games Corporation sued the company’s controlling stockholder and members of its allegedly “handpicked” board of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty and violations of the...

Come Now, Venue Is Not A Forum

At the end of last year, a plaintiff filed a verified class action in the Delaware Court of Chancery seeking a judgment declaring invalid provisions included in the certificates of incorporation of three different companies "purporting to require...

Enforceability Of Exclusive Forum Bylaw May Hinge On The Meaning Of "May"

No California appellate court has yet addressed the validity of forum selection bylaws in a published decision. When the question comes before a California appellate court, the outcome may turn on the meaning of "may" in California Corporations Code...

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