Esa

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELLIEMARIA TORONTO ESA,

Case No. 20-cv-05410-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER SEVERING CLAIMS AND GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS

NORTONLIFELOCK INCORPORATED, WITH LEAVE TO AMEND

et al.,

Defendants.

15 I. INTRODUCTION According to defendants, this is one of six or more “cookie cutter” derivative complaints recently filed by plaintiff’s counsel against various companies, all involving those companies’ efforts (or lack thereof) to have boards, management, and/or workforces that appropriately reflect racial and gender diversity. In this case, plaintiff’s focus is on an alleged historical lack of black board members at nominal defendant NortonLifeLock, Inc. Without questioning that there may be systemic under-representation in corporate boardrooms, or plaintiff’s good faith in looking for legal recourse, the flaws in this putative class action complaint require dismissal, as…