GARRIOTT v. NCSOFT CORP.

No. 10-50939.

661 F.3d 243 (2011)

Richard GARRIOTT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NCSOFT CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Edward Fox , David Brandon Conrad , Kelly Dean Hine (argued), Fish & Richardson, P.C., Dallas, TX, William Thomas Jacks , Fish & Richardson, P.C., Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Douglas Harry Hallward-Driemeier (argued), Ropes & Gray, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Robert B. Gordon , Ryan Patrick Mc-Manus , Ropes & Gray, L.L.P., Boston, MA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before REAVLEY, ELROD and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.


JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:

NCsoft Corporation appeals a jury verdict awarding damages to its former employee, Richard Garriott, for breach of a stock options contract. NCsoft argues that the jury instruction misstated the governing Korean law, that the jury's verdict relied on legally insupportable evidence, and that the district court applied the wrong law when determining attorney's fees. Because NCsoft fails...

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