McELRATH EX REL. UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. KALANICK

C.A. No. 2017-0888-SG.

LENZA H. MCELRATH, III, derivatively on behalf of UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. TRAVIS KALANICK, GARRETT CAMP, RYAN GRAVES, ARIANNA HUFFINGTON, YASIR ALRUMAYYAN, WILLIAM GURLEY, DAVID BONDERMAN, and SALLE YOO, Defendants, -and- UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Nominal Defendant.

Court of Chancery of Delaware.

Decided: April 1, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Barry , Jeff A. Almeida , and Rebecca A. Musarra , of GRANT & EISENHOFER P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

R. Judson Scaggs, Jr. , Susan W. Waesco , and Sabrina M. Hendershot , of MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; OF COUNSEL: Susan S. Muck , Kevin P. Muck , and Marie C. Bafus , of FENWICK & WEST LLP, San Francisco, California, Attorneys for Defendants Garrett Camp, Ryan Graves, Arianna Huffington, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, William Gurley, and David Bonderman.

Donald J. Wolfe, Jr. , T. Brad Davey , J. Matthew Belger , and Jacob R. Kirkham , of POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; OF COUNSEL: Joseph G. Petrosinelli and Kenneth J. Brown , of WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP, Washington, District of Columbia, Attorneys for Defendant Travis Kalanick.

Jody C. Barillare , of MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; OF COUNSEL: Susan D. Resley , of MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP, San Francisco, California; Marc J. Sonnenfeld , of MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Attorneys for Defendant Salle Yoo.

A. Thompson Bayliss and Michael A. Barlow , of ABRAMS & BAYLISS LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; OF COUNSEL: Mark P. Gimbel and C. William Phillips , of COVINGTON & BURLING LLP, New York, New York; Bryant Pulsipher , of COVINGTON & BURLING LLP, San Francisco, California, Attorneys for Nominal Defendant Uber Technologies, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

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