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Stinson LLP

Supreme Court Ruling Opens Door to Suits in States Where Companies are Registered

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In its June 27, 2023, Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a corporate defendant can be sued in Pennsylvania — regardless of whether the cause of action accrues in Pennsylvania or...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Reinstates Statutory “Consent” to General Personal Jurisdiction

On June 27, 2023, the United States Supreme Court decided Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 2023 WL 4187749, 600 U.S. ___ (June 27, 2023), a decision that likely will reinvigorate forum-shopping efforts by plaintiffs...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Supreme Court Upholds Personal Jurisdiction by Corporate Registration

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In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 600 U.S. __ (June 27, 2023), the United States Supreme Court upheld a Pennsylvania law that enables a plaintiff to show general personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

In a Potential Sea Change for Business Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court Allows States To Compel Companies To Be Sued Where...

On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Pennsylvania law that requires companies to consent to being sued in its state courts as a condition of registering to do business there. In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern, the Court...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

“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

Rivkin Radler LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Diminishes Daimler and Upends Aybar

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Plaintiffs’ counsel rejoice, defense counsel take note, and businesses beware. Daimler has been diminished and businesses are no longer only subject to general jurisdiction in states in which they are incorporated or...more

Allen Matkins

Supreme Court Issues Delaware A Reprieve Pennsylvania Railroad Case

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Last November, I questioned whether the Supreme Court's decision in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. would endanger Delaware's corporate hegemony.  The issue in that case was the constitutionality of Pennsylvania's...more

Troutman Pepper

EDVA Reaffirms its Aversion to Litigation Between Out of State Companies in Recent Venue Decision

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From the mid-1990s until the mid-2010s, the EDVA typically ranked among the top 10 federal districts for patent litigation. See Gugliuzza, Paul R. and Anderson, Jonas, Why Do Judges Compete for (Patent) Cases? at 24-25...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

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

Ballard Spahr LLP

PA Federal Court Nixes Out-of-State Business Entities' Supposed “Consent” to General Personal Jurisdiction as Unconstitutional

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In a decision that should have a ripple effect in Pennsylvania state and federal courts, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held in a June 6, 2019, opinion that “the Pennsylvania statutory scheme...more

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