State Law Derivative Claims Properly Dismissed On Forum Non Conveniens Grounds

(November 1, 2022, 4:53 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal district court did not err in dismissing a shareholders’ state law claims on the basis of forum non conveniens in a derivative lawsuit alleging that certain of NortonLifeLock Inc.’s officers and directors breached their fiduciary duty by failing to promote minority candidates for selection to the company’s board of directors because an exclusion in the company bylaws’ forum-selection clause did not apply, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed....