Guest Post: Can Exclusive Derivative Forum Selection Provisions Survive Ninth Circuit’s En Banc Review?

We are pleased to announce a guest post for "The D&O Diary", co-authored by our very own, Sarah Voutyras Rachmel (Partner, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP) and Melanie Saponara (Claims Manager - Executive Risk, Beazley). In this piece, Sarah and Melanie take a look at recent federal appellate court developments on the adoption of forum selection bylaws and consider their implications. Notably, bylaws specifying a particular forum for the consideration of shareholders’ derivative suits.

And a special thanks to Kevin LaCroix (Attorney and Executive Vice President, RT ProExec) for giving Sarah and Melanie the opportunity to collaborate on this important topic.

Full article.