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Ford vs. Forum Shopping: The Attempt to Limit Personal Jurisdiction to a “Causation Only” Analysis

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Personal jurisdiction is perhaps one of the most complicated areas in litigation.  Each successive case since International Shoe Co. v. Washington, seems to create more new questions than answers, and the unanimous decision...more

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Personal Jurisdiction After the Supreme Court's Decision in Ford: What Has Changed?

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The Supreme Court's recent decision in Ford is sure to be framed by some as expanding—perhaps quite significantly—the availability of specific personal jurisdiction under the Due Process Clause. But the decision should not be...more

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Update: US Supreme Court Addresses Specific Personal Jurisdiction Again

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Nation’s highest court rejects narrow causation test for specific jurisdiction and affirms requirement that forum contacts “relate to” the claim. In the 2017 case Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court, the United...more

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Where Can We Be Sued? The Supreme Court Steers Away from a Clear Answer in Ford Motor Co.

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A driver bought a used Ford Crown Victoria in Minnesota. Later, while driving on a rural road with a friend in the passenger seat, he collided with a snow plow. The car landed in a ditch, and its passenger-side air bag did...more

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Supreme Court Changes Gears on Specific Personal Jurisdiction

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The U.S. Supreme Court on March 25, 2021, ruled in an 8-0 decision that the connection between the plaintiffs' claims and Ford Motor Co.'s activities in the forum states supported the exercise of specific jurisdiction over...more

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United States Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects a Causal Link Requirement in Specific Jurisdiction Inquiry

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A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court held in Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court that the connection between Ford’s activities in a forum state and products liability claims was close enough to support specific...more

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SCOTUS Scuttles Forum Shopping Litigation Tourists

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For the seventh time in eleven years, the U.S. Supreme Court has curtailed the Constitutional concept of in personam jurisdiction. Superficially, Ford Motor Company v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court appears to be a...more

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