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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Developments in Association Law 2022 – 2024

The following is a review of notable cases and regulatory developments for nonprofit organizations at the federal and state levels during the last two years....more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Montana Supreme Court Finds Minimum Contacts in Social Media Posts Targeting State Residents

Posting on social media about businesses located in another state could give rise to personal jurisdiction in that state, according to a recent landmark opinion by a sharply divided Montana Supreme Court. In Groo v. Montana...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Stateless Amber Heard: The Legal Loophole to Avoid Being Sued in Federal Court

The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial captured the world’s attention in 2022. Two years after the couple divorced, Heard described surviving domestic violence in an op-ed for The Washington Post. Although Heard never mentioned...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Three Point Shot - November 2022

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NBA Properties Lands Slam Dunk in Intellectual Property Win Heard Around the Globe - NBA Properties, Inc. (“NBAP”), the exclusive licensee of the National Basketball Association (“NBA”) and NBA teams’ distinctive trademarks,...more

Venable LLP

Personal Jurisdiction and the Calder Effects Test: Ninth Circuit Sides with Florida Plaintiff in Defamation Suit Against Bishops

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On June 3, 2022, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an Arizona district court erred in dismissing a defamation suit for lack of personal jurisdiction. The suit was brought by an attorney against three Catholic...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

Holland & Knight LLP

Virginia's Not For Lovers: Why Virginia May See More Defamation Claims After Depp v. Heard

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In the wake of the recent six-week-long trial and defamation verdict in favor of Johnny Depp in Virginia's Fairfax County Circuit Court, many are asking what led to this outcome. Holland & Knight litigators share three...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

A Quick Study in Doxing and Personal Jurisdiction: Vangheluwe v. GotNews

In the digital age, the internet not infrequently stretches the bounds of traditional jurisprudence and raises tricky new questions. An example from earlier this year is Vangheluwe v. GotNews, LLC, where a federal court in...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

In Online Defamation Case, Court Finds That Personal Jurisdiction Does Not Exist Over Blogger Who Directed Online Reviews To A...

The Eastern District of Virginia recently dismissed an online defamation case on personal jurisdiction grounds. The case related to a gun-aficionado blog, created in Arizona and aimed at a “nationwide marketplace of...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Alleged Defamatory Facebook Post by Illinois Resident Insufficient to Create Specific Personal Jurisdiction in California

In Burdick v. Superior Court (Sanderson) (No. G049107, filed 1/14/2015), the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, held an Illinois resident was not subject to specific personal jurisdiction in California...more

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