Cardlytics,Inc.
Lee Evans v. Cardlytics,Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
LEE EVANS and Case No. 8:23-cv-00606-JWH-KES
NICOLA EVANS,
Plaintiffs, ORDER REGARDING
PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO
v. REMAND AND REQUEST FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES [ECF No. 15] CARDLYTICS, INC., a Delaware corporation; and DOES 1-20, inclusive, Defendants. CARDLYTICS, INC., a Delaware corporation, Counterclaimant, v. LEE EVANS and
NICOLA EVANS,
Counterdefendants.
I. SUMMARY OF DECISION
In the modern age of remote work and geographically dispersed corporations, the question arises: where is the “principal place of business” for a company whose leadership cadre lives, works, and makes decisions far away from its corporate headquarters? That question is now squarely before this Court. Although telecommuting and working-from-home by employees have been corporate realities for more than a decade, the trend exploded following the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns requiring the physical closure of workplaces. Despite efforts by some companies to bring their employees back to the office, the trend of remote work appears to be a permanent fixture of…