Brookdale Senior Living directors and officers defend against shareholder derivative litigation

Client(s) Brookdale Senior Living Inc.

Jones Day is defending directors and officers of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. in shareholder derivative lawsuits alleging violations of oversight duties relating to the company's staffing practices and disclosures. Jones Day won dismissal of a shareholder derivative lawsuit that was filed without a pre-suit demand by the plaintiff, on the grounds that the plaintiff had failed to show that a pre-suit demand would have been futile.