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Seventh Circuit Decision Marks Win for Employers in FLSA Nationwide Collective Actions

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has delivered a significant win for employers by ruling that the Supreme Court’s 2017 decision in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California applies to Fair...more

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Seventh Circuit Joins Third, Sixth, and Eighth Circuits in Limiting Exercise of Personal Jurisdiction in FLSA Collective Actions

On August 16, 2024, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals weighed in on whether out-of-state plaintiffs must satisfy personal jurisdiction requirements to participate in a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more

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Shoe on the Other Foot? Why International Shoe May No Longer Be the Litmus Test for General Jurisdiction (Part One)

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In its upcoming October 2022 Term, the US Supreme Court is set to take up a challenge to how states are permitted to exercise jurisdiction over corporations. Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., No. 21-1168, offers the...more

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North Carolina Federal Court Holds It Lacks Jurisdiction Over Claims Of Out-Of-State Opt-Ins

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In the latest court ruling to address personal jurisdiction over out-of-state opt-in plaintiffs in Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions, a federal district court in North Carolina held that it lacked jurisdiction over...more

King & Spalding

Supreme Court Scuttles Causation “requirement” For Specific Jurisdiction And Ninth Circuit Weighs In On Bristol-Myers Squibb

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In our last “Year in Review” issue covering developments in 2020, we examined opinions from three U.S. Courts of Appeals—the Fifth, Seventh, and D.C. Circuits—concerning the hotly contested issue of whether (and how) the...more

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Jurisdiction by Consent: Georgia Holds that Corporations Registered to do Business in the State Consent to Being Sued There

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In Cooper Tire & Rubber Co, v, McCall, No. S20G1368, 2021 Ga. LEXIS 626 (Cooper Tire), the Supreme Court of Georgia (Supreme Court) held that Georgia courts can exercise general personal jurisdiction over foreign corporations...more

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Vacating District Court’s Decision Certifying Nationwide Classes, Ninth Circuit Rules Defendant Did Not Waive Bristol-Myers Squibb...

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On August 10, 2021, the Ninth Circuit vacated a California district court’s order certifying two nationwide classes under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). The district court had rejected the defendant’s...more

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Sixth Circuit Limits Exercise of Personal Jurisdiction in FLSA Collective Actions

On August 17, 2021, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals became the first federal appellate court to expressly rule on the application of the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior...more

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Another Court Takes A Bite Out Of Forum Shopping: Plaintiffs Must Bring Nationwide Class Claims Where Defendants Are Incorporated...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, 137 S. Ct. 1773, 1780 (2017), numerous district courts across the country have ruled that they...more

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Party of One: Collective Action Against Outback Steakhouse Denied due to Lack of Personal Jurisdiction

The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts denied conditional class action certification in a case involving a front of house (FOH) manager suing Outback Steakhouse for unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor...more

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Federal Circuit Dismisses Momenta’s Appeal of Adverse Final Written Decision in Abatacept IPR

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This morning, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion dismissing Momenta’s appeal from the PTAB’s final written decision upholding the patentability of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s abatacept patents against Momenta’s IPR...more

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Out of State, Out of Luck: Federal Court Rejects Nationwide TCPA Class Action Claims

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The Situation: A federal court recently considered whether a plaintiff could maintain a nationwide Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") class action brought on behalf of class members who did not reside in the state...more

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This Time, It’s Personal: TCPA Personal Jurisdiction Ruling Severely Limits Nationwide Class Actions

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It is no secret that there are certain jurisdictions that plaintiffs’ class action attorneys prefer to file suit, most notably, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and New York, to name a few. While plaintiffs’ lawyers may have...more

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Rx IP Update - 2017 Highlights in Canadian Life Sciences IP

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The year 2017 was one of the most significant years for Canadian Life Sciences IP and Regulatory Law in Canada’s history. The year saw major developments in patent linkage, patent term, and substantive patent issues. As we...more

McCarter & English, LLP

“We meant what we said” – U.S. Supreme Court Continues To Rein In Personal Jurisdiction

This past term, the U.S. Supreme Court decided two matters in which it unequivocally held that state courts’ ability to assert personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants is limited under both general and specific...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Why The Supreme Court Must Revisit Personal Jurisdiction

In its most recent decisions on personal jurisdiction, the U.S. Supreme Court has reiterated the distinction between general personal jurisdiction on the one hand and specific personal jurisdiction on the other. As to...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Case That Could Limit Out-of-State Product Liability Actions

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In September, we discussed several new trends in jurisdiction, including an opinion—Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of San Francisco County—in which the California Supreme Court held that hundreds of non-California...more

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