A New York state judge has thrown out a shareholder derivative lawsuit over stock option backdating at Bed Bath & Beyond because the plaintiffs failed to show that demanding action from the company’s board of directors would have been futile.
The decision by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Ramos in Wandel v. Eisenberg adds New York to the list of jurisdictions where backdating suits have been rejected on such “demand futility” grounds.
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