Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim of the U.S. District of Northern District Court of California on Tuesday granted the San Francisco-based company’s bid to dismiss the shareholder derivative suit on the grounds that it should have been brought in Delaware Chancery Court.
Plaintiff Noelle Lee alleged Gap failed to create the diversity it claimed among its board and senior executives, and made false statements about its diversity efforts.
Gap said its bylaws designate the Delaware court as ...