DONNER MANAGEMENT CO. v. Schaffer
California Court of Appeal
[CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HALLER, Acting P. J.
Donner Management Company 1 appeals from an order awarding attorney fees to Michael Schaffer, following the dismissal without prejudice of Donner’s shareholder derivative lawsuit against Schaffer and nominal defendant Asia Web Holdings, Inc. (Asia Web). 2 In the pub lished portion of this opinion, we hold that when at the commencement of a derivative lawsuit a shareholder-plaintiff voluntarily posts security under Corporations Code 3 section 800, a prevailing defendant seeking attorney fees at the conclusion of the lawsuit need not retrospectively show the lawsuit…
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