In a recent decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that an Australian cosmetic company is subject to the personal jurisdiction of a federal district court in California despite having no traditional “minimum...more
9/10/2021
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A lot has happened since we last checked in on the Corn Syrup battle between the parent companies of Bud Light, Miller Lite, and Coors Light. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in a split opinion, issued an intervening...more
On November 15, 2019, the Supreme Court granted cert in Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc. For many observers, this was a long time coming; the parties have been litigating the underlying case since August 2010, and from its...more
12/23/2019
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