I have gone legal venue shopping to have my avenues covered

I think many businesses, if not all, they pick a state for the legal venue they want general jurisdiction on

Not all people who do business plan it out in advance, but some strategists do it carefully

I was picking between 9, 2 and 5, but chose 9th

This is because of strategic "legal positioning"

We are very cautious, and we want to avoid breaking any laws, out of respect to everyone

People disagree often, but if they dispute us, we want to know with total legal clarity how to resolve it

That's what makes the 9th circuit so attractive to most of the business people I know in media

They often register in Delaware or newly Wyoming/Nevada, then foreign register in a new state, to go to do business

But we do it as a California firm, just so we know what to expect as we make art

We're a publisher first, and so those rules give us a lot of clarity, which reduces stress from surprises

We have a holdings company in Delaware, as those specialist, courts of chancery, are rich in binding precedent, so investors feel safe