E-Sports Companies, Officers Nix Lawsuit by Black Former Lawyer

A Black former in-house lawyer for an e-sports company failed to link alleged racial bias, false statements she said induced her to leave Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, and other alleged misdeeds to New York, a federal court in the state ruled.

The only business-related transactional activity identified by Karen Suber that might have supported exercising personal jurisdiction over Stratton Sclavos, Amit Raizada, VVP Services LLC, and three related companies was the men’s alleged solicitation of funds from the New York Yankees and other New York investors, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said.

But ...