ALPHA VENTURE CAPITAL PARTNERS LP v. POURHASSAN

No. 21-35274.

30 F.4th 920 (2022)

ALPHA VENTURE CAPITAL PARTNERS LP; Caracciolo Family Trust; Gregory A. Gould; Law Offices of Kenneth E. Chyten 401(K) Profit Sharing Plan; Gavin Myers; Martin Peterson, derivatively on behalf of CytoDyn Inc, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Nader Z. POURHASSAN; Cytodyn, Inc., Nominal; a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rylan Weythman and Kelly A. Mennemeier , Foster Garvey PC, Seattle, Washington; Mark Richardson , Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Michael J. Maimone , Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Steven J. Purcell , Purcell Julie & Lefkowitz LLP, New York, New York; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Thomas R. Johnson , Perkins Coie LLP, Portland, Oregon, for Defendant-Appellee Nader Z. Purhassan.

Ian Christy , Miller Nash LLP, Portland, Oregon, for Nominal Defendant-Appellee CytoDyn, Inc.

Before: Jay S. Bybee, Carlos T. Bea, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

CytoDyn, Inc. is a publicly traded corporation incorporated in the state of Delaware. Appellee Nader Pourhassan is (and was, at all relevant times) CytoDyn's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a member of its board of directors. In late 2019, CytoDyn granted Pourhassan options and warrants entitling him to purchase...

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