Demand Futility Sufficiently Pleaded In Derivative Suit, Investor Argues

Mealey's (March 8, 2019, 2:13 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — An investor in a shareholder derivative lawsuit has sufficiently pleaded demand futility and shown that a majority of a Chinese automotive manufacturing company’s directors face a substantial likelihood of liability for their role in an electric vehicle (EV) subsidy scheme, the investor argues in a March 5 opposition brief in New York federal court, opposing a motion to dismiss filed by the defendants in the action (Richard Baker v. Xiaoming Hu, et al., No. 17-4399, S.D. N.Y.)....