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Personal Jurisdiction Defense Strategies

Womble Bond Dickinson

Navigating Personal Jurisdiction in TCPA Cases: Insights from Ingram v. Money Map Press

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A recent decision issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in Ingram v. Money Map Press, 23-cv-05802-CRB, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 130905 (N.D. Cal. July 24, 2024) addresses an important...more

Carlton Fields

Waiving the Personal Jurisdiction Defense

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In 2016, we authored an article titled “Pretrial Problems: Don’t Forfeit Your Personal-Jurisdiction Defense.” In that article, we discussed the Seventh Circuit’s decision in German American Financial Advisors & Trust Co. v....more

Troutman Pepper

Class Action Defense Strategies in the Eastern District of Virginia’s ‘‘Rocket Docket’’

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Colloquially known as the ‘‘Rocket Docket,’’ the Eastern District of Virginia (‘‘EDVA’’) has been the speediest federal court for civil trials since 2008, according to the annual data compiled by the Administrative Office of...more

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When Is a Defense “Available”? Avoiding Waiver by Being Bold When Asserting Defenses

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It is well known that, at least in the federal system and Florida, a defendant who fails to raise lack of personal jurisdiction in a pre-answer motion to dismiss waives that defense. But there is an exception to this rule: If...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

[Webinar] How Foreign Companies with U.S. Subs Can Win Dismissals from U.S. Litigation: Underused Defenses Based on...

Non-U.S. companies are routinely sued in the U.S. over disputes principally or exclusively involving their U.S. subsidiaries. In many instances, these non-U.S. companies should not even have their cases litigated in U.S....more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Constitutional Limits on Specific Jurisdiction Over Foreign Defendants…Again

Since 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court has continued to roll back the expansion of personal jurisdiction by lower courts and has set more limitations on where a plaintiff can sue corporate defendants. We have watched this unfold...more

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Family Law: Corporate and Trust Challenges to Service of Process and Jurisdiction

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The president of a corporation, manager of a limited liability company, trustee of a family trust, or principal of another business entity receives a summons in a Florida divorce case. One spouse contends the other’s control,...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Project In(Site): Legal Developments Impacting Construction & Government Contract Industries

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Welcome to the inaugural issue of Project In(Site), Seyfarth’s Construction and Government Contracts practice groups’ publication focusing on decisions or other items of interest for construction and government contract...more

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