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“Welcome to our State . . . and our Courts!”

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A new decision by the United States Supreme Court has greatly expanded the locations where corporations can be sued. Traditionally, corporations are considered to be citizens of the states in which they are incorporated or...more

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Quantity Requirements Under UCC Art. 2: Let’s Ensure Supply

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In the business world, many companies enter into long-term contracts with respect to high volume, expensive, or essential transactions. A long-term contract is certainly beneficial for these types of transactions, but...more

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Vodka Maker’s Hopes for Partnership with Duke University Land Something it Didn’t Seek: a Defendant’s Chair in a North Carolina...

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A business plan to promote vodka sales in North Carolina, with a particular focus on Duke University sports fans, was key to a North Carolina Business Court decision that GameDay Vodka had sufficient contacts with the state...more

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The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether States Can Require Consent to General Personal Jurisdiction as the Cost of Doing Business

The two most thrilling words to readers of legal blogs must be “personal jurisdiction.”  In the term that starts October 2022, the United States Supreme Court will consider a case that will determine the constitutionality of...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at the Ninth: School Groups and Minimum Contacts

This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses the constitutionality of a school district’s decision to revoke official status for a student group that disapproves of same sex relationships, and the minimum contacts necessary to...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at The Ninth: PJ

This week, the Ninth Circuit clarifies personal jurisdiction doctrine in the context of a defamation suit between a nonresident plaintiff and out-of-state defendants. BURRI LAW PA v. SKURLA - The Court vacates the...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Apple Inc. v. Zipit Wireless, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2022)

Personal jurisdiction is one of those basic concepts in civil procedure that evokes strong memories in most lawyers, of their first year in law school, cases like International Shoe, Burger King, Helicopteros, and World-Wide...more

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When Sending a Cease and Desist Letter Establishes Personal Jurisdiction

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A patentee may establish “minimum contacts” in a forum, thus subjecting itself to specific personal jurisdiction, by sending a cease and desist letter to the forum. Precedent concerning this issue has been evolving....more

Baker Donelson

International Shoe Drops Again: Expanding Personal Jurisdiction in Products Liability Cases

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As commerce has expanded nationally and globally, the Supreme Court of the United States has continuously revisited and tweaked its jurisprudence relating to a court's exercise of personal jurisdiction over non-resident...more

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Texas Federal District Court Kicks Steel Importer's $6M Malpractice Suit Due to Lack of Personal Jurisdiction

Allied Fitting LP v. Steptoe & Johnson LLP et al., No. 4:20-cv-03447 (S.D. Tex. Jan. 21, 2021) - Brief Summary - A Texas federal district court dismissed a legal malpractice action brought by an international steel...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at the Ninth: Long Arms and Sore Backs

This week, the Ninth Circuit explains when courts have personal jurisdiction over foreigners who contract with U.S.-based businesses, and whether severe pain can qualify as a disability under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at the Ninth: In Rem and Out of Time

This week, the Ninth Circuit creates a potential circuit split on personal jurisdiction in in rem proceedings, and clarifies whether a post-judgment motion for attorneys’ fees extends the time to appeal (spoiler alert: it...more

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Utah's District Court Dismisses Malpractice Action Against Florida Firm Based on Lack of Jurisdiction

R.M. v. Dennis, Jackson, Martin & Fontela, P.A., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68115 Brief Summary - Utah's federal district court granted a motion to dismiss filed by a Florida-based law firm and its associate (collectively...more

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Remnants Of Hurricane Florence: Recovery Disasters That Follow The Natural Ones

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Business Court examines personal jurisdiction over restoration company CEO- Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina on September 14, 2018, and its slow-moving chaos brought more than 30...more

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In the Pink: Lack of Personal Jurisdiction Results in Dismissal of Non-Infringement Verdict

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Addressing personal jurisdiction in a declaratory judgment action, the US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit reversed the district court’s bench trial verdict, finding that the district court lacked specific personal...more

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U.S. Supreme Court finds in Favor of Taxpayer Trust Beneficiary in Kaestner

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On June 21, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in North Carolina Department of Revenue v. Kimberly Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust. This unanimous decision stated that the State of North Carolina may not tax...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Limits the Ability of States to Tax a Trust – The Kaestner Case

On June 21, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion limiting the ability of a state to impose income taxes on a trust when the trust’s connection with the taxing state is minimal. The case is styled North Carolina...more

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Trusts, Beneficiaries, And The Application Of State Income Tax

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In North Carolina Department of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust, Case No. 18-457, 588 U.S. __ (2019), the Supreme Court revived the two-prong test from Quill v. North Dakota, 504 U.S. 298 (1992) and held...more

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North Carolina Revenue Department Sets Deadline to Claim Refunds Under Kaestner

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On July 2, 2019, the North Carolina Department of Revenue issued a notice setting December 21, 2019, as the deadline for certain taxpayers to file amended returns or tax refund claims based on the U.S. Supreme Court decision...more

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United States Supreme Court Rules State Cannot Tax Trust’s Income

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Kaestner ruled that a state's taxation of a trust's income, where the only connection to the state was an in-state beneficiary, violates the Due Process Clause. On June 21, 2019, the United States Supreme Court unanimously...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Wealth Management Update - July 2019

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Supreme Court Ruling in North Carolina Department of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust, 588 U.S. [TBD] and its Relevance to Income Taxation of Accumulated Income in California Trusts - The Supreme Court...more

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State Tax on Trust Income Based Solely on In-State Residence of Beneficiaries Found Unconstitutional

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On June 21, 2019, the United States Supreme Court decided North Carolina Dept. of Revenue v. Kimberly Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust (hereinafter, “Kaestner”). In a unanimous opinion delivered by Justice Sotomayor, the Court...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Remember State Income Taxes When Creating a Trust to Own Family Business Interests

Oftentimes, a family business will be owned in part or entirely by one or more irrevocable trusts. Whether those trusts are subject to state income tax depends on the location of any one or more of: (1) the...more

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Trust Wins Due Process Challenge to North Carolina State Income Tax

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Last week, the US Supreme Court ruled that North Carolina may not tax a trust’s income when the trust’s only contact with the state is the in-state residence of discretionary beneficiaries. The Due Process Clause requires a...more

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Supreme Court Issues Ruling in Tax Case

There’s big news in the tax and trusts and estates world. The U.S. Supreme Court released its opinion in the North Carolina Dept. of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust case...more

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