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New York Federal Court Grants Hotel Franchisors’ Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction on Negligence Claims

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A federal court in New York recently granted a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction in an action asserting claims that franchisor Hyatt Corporation acted with negligence in connection with assaults to guests...more

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Chancery Permits Service By Email Upon Singaporean Defendants

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Skye Mineral Investors, LLC v. DXS Capital (U.S.) Ltd., C.A. No. 2018-0059-JRS (Del. Ch. Jul. 15, 2021). Delaware’s long-arm statute permits service of process on a foreign defendant by personal service, by mail with...more

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Chancery Rejects Conspiracy Jurisdiction Over Foreign Defendant

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Lacey v. Mota-Velasco, C.A. No. 2019-312-SG (Del. Ch. Oct. 6, 2020) - Under Istituto Bancario, a foreign defendant alleged to be part of a conspiracy may be subject to personal jurisdiction in Delaware, but only if the...more

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Ohio Federal Court Declines to Dismiss Action Against the Officer of a General Contractor Who Allegedly Submitted False...

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Decker Constr. Co. v. Wesex Corp., No. 2:18-cv-727, 2019 BL 232653 (S.D. Ohio June 24, 2019) - In Decker Construction Co. v. Wesex Corporation, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio declined to...more

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Personal Jurisdiction Lessons Learned . . . Forgotten . . . and Remembered

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As lawyers, we learn early on about the necessity that a court must have personal jurisdiction over a defendant in order to enter a valid, enforceable judgment. Recently, the Tennessee Court of Appeals, in Corporate Flight...more

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Back to Basics: Long-Arm Statute 101

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Reflecting on your first year of law school, you begrudgingly remember learning about personal jurisdiction and the long-arm statute. As a commercial litigator, one of your first questions in representing a defendant should...more

Proskauer - New England IP Blog

Connecticut Court Possesses Personal Jurisdiction Over “Demonologist” Publisher

In the District of Connecticut, an out of state publisher with no alleged direct contacts with Connecticut recently lost its bid to have a case against it dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction. Gerald Brittle sued...more

Proskauer - New England IP Blog

Pre-Litigation Correspondence Does Not Secure Personal Jurisdiction

Plaintiffs considering bringing suit in the District of Connecticut take heed: “Plaintiffs cannot vest a Connecticut court with personal jurisdiction over a person simply by hurling an accusation of patent infringement across...more

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Invitae Files Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction in Myriad Genetics v. Invitae Corp.

It is often to a patentee plaintiff's strategic advantage to file suit in the district in which it resides, to obtain whatever "home court" advantage may attach to that venue. Myriad's choice of filing its post-Supreme Court...more

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