May v. Needham

OWEN, WILLIAM C., JR., Senior Judge.

Appellant challenges an order denying his motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction under Florida’s long-arm statute. We affirm.

Appellant was the Chief Executive Officer of a publicly traded Florida corporation. Appellees held some of the corporation’s stock, which was restricted pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933. After holding the stock for one year, ap-pellees requested the corporation to have the restrictive legend lifted so that they might -transfer a certain amount of the stock within the volume limit of Rule 144. When the…