In a complex shareholder’s derivative action, the plaintiff, representing minority shareholders, sued two individual non-resident defendants who were represented by the firm. The firm moved to dismiss the complaint as to them for lack of personal jurisdiction. The Trial Court held a contested evidentiary hearing and ruled that it did not have personal jurisdiction over the non-resident defendants. The Fourth District Court of Appeals affirmed that ruling, in part holding that there could be no tort committed in Florida by the non-resident defendants because a company suffers injuries where its headquarters are located, and in this case, the headquarters of the company in question was located in Missouri.
In another shareholder derivative action, the defendant company requested the appointment of a special investigator to ascertain whether it was in the best interest of the company to...
In an action in Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the firm defended Paul and Eric Siler in an action brought against them by...
