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U.S. Supreme Court Rules Unanimously That Federal Courts Can Exercise Jurisdiction Over the Palestinian Authority in Damages...

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In 2019, Congress enacted the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act (PSJVTA), which created jurisdiction over the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for...more

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The Supreme Court Update - June 23, 2025

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On June 20, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued six decisions: Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 24-7: This case addresses fuel producers’ Article III standing to...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Holds That FSIA Does Not Require Plaintiffs to Prove Minimum Contacts to Establish Personal Jurisdiction Over a...

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On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a unanimous decision in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. v. Antrix Corp. Ltd. that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) does not require plaintiffs to show that a foreign state...more

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Supreme Court Clarifies FSIA Personal Jurisdiction Standard

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On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd., et al. v. Antrix Corp., et al., No. 23-1201 held that personal jurisdiction exists over a foreign entity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA)...more

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

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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

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You May Have Already Agreed to Be Sued in Pennsylvania and Georgia: The Supreme Court Makes Jurisdiction Easier For State-Court...

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The US Supreme Court has held that companies can be forced, as a condition of doing business in a state, to agree to be sued in that state’s courts — even if the lawsuit has nothing to do with that state. In its June 27,...more

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Does the Supreme Court’s Extensive Personal Jurisdiction Jurisprudence Risk Going Off the Rails?

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The Supreme Court held that a corporation can be subject to personal jurisdiction in a state in which it has registered to do business—solely on that basis, and regardless of the extent of its operations in that state. ...more

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“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

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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

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The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether States Can Require Consent to General Personal Jurisdiction as the Cost of Doing Business

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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

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