Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 304: Spotlight on Civil Procedure (Part 1 – Jurisdiction)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 343: Listen and Learn -- Personal Jurisdiction (Civ Pro)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 169: Listen and Learn -- Personal Jurisdiction (Civ Pro)
Redefining Personal Jurisdiction: SCOTUS rules on the Ford Cases [More with McGlinchey Ep. 19]
Personal Jurisdiction Part 3 – Oral Arguments in the Ford Cases [More with McGlinchey Ep. 12]
Personal Jurisdiction Part 2: The Ford Cases [More With McGlinchey Ep. 8]
Personal Jurisdiction: Not what you learned in law school [More with McGlinchey Ep. 4]
Drue Moore was co-founder of a company at the center of today’s high-finance college coaching carousel. Defendant Winthrop Intelligence, LLC used public records to aggregate university data, including coaching salaries, and...more
The new consent to jurisdiction statute for toxic torts, SB 328, is raising the stakes for life sciences, chemical, and other companies. SB 328 loosens the jurisdictional requirements in Illinois and paves the way for other...more
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Ismael v. Roundtree - § 1981, retaliatory discharge, McDonnell Douglas - Villarino v. Pacesetter Personnel - class action, employment, FLSA, employee charges - Fla Preborn...more
Earlier this fall, the District of Massachusetts issued another notable decision in the growing wave of privacy litigation that, as discussed, raises difficult questions concerning standing, jurisdiction, and statutory...more
This presentation will address fiduciary issues that Texas courts resolved during the review period of summer of 2024 to summer of 2025. The presentation will review the following issues: whether a party has a right to jury...more
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Johnson v. Reliance - disability insurance, preexisting conditions, ERISA - Smothers v. Childers - § 1983, prison treatment, state law bar, Ala law - USA v. Oropesa -...more
The past year has seen sweeping developments in personal jurisdiction doctrine as applied to online privacy litigation, particularly in California. In April 2025, the Ninth Circuit’s en banc decision in Briskin v. Shopify,...more
A federal court in Illinois recently transferred a Washington resident’s putative class action to Washington, finding the Northern District of Illinois lacked jurisdiction over a Washington-based defendant, Northwest Bath...more
William Cowper, in his Eighteenth-Century poem “The Task,” coined the phrase “Variety’s the very spice of life.” Today, this phrase is used in many contexts; albeit not so frequently when discussing service of process under...more
Court: Business and Consumer Court of Maine, Cumberland County - In this matter, Stephan Co. (“Stephan”) filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The plaintiff, Jan Cuthbertson (“Plaintiff”), lives in...more
On October 6, 2025, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari in Syngenta Crop, LLC v. Nemeth, passing on an opportunity to clarify its prior decision in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern and address whether Pennsylvania’s...more
The September 2025 edition of our Texas Round-Up focuses on developments in cases involving jurisdiction and pleadings....more
In a series of recent consolidated cases, the Fourth District Court of Appeal addressed the issue of whether an indemnity payment made after a lawsuit is filed constitutes a confession of judgment entitling the claimants to...more
本号では、複数の実務分野にわたる重要な法的進展を取り上げています。はじめに、連邦最高裁判 所によるFuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization訴訟について検討しています。この判決は、米国 憲法修正第5条に基づく外国被告に対する個人管轄権の枠組みをより柔軟にするものです。また、 日本の製薬企業に影響を及ぼす重要な動向として、リバース・ペイメントの和解訴訟を取り上げて います。...more
On October 23, 2025, the Kentucky Supreme Court issued a significant decision in Braun v. Bearman Industries, LLC (2024-SC-0277-DG) that will affect out-of-state manufacturers who sell products through distributors to...more
When evaluating a new state court case, it is important to immediately consider whether it can be removed to federal court, which requires both federal jurisdiction and grounds for removal. Although having a home-state...more
In the third quarter of 2025, the Texas Business Court has continued to release opinions that impact businesses operating in Texas and beyond. Many of the opinions to date have addressed novel jurisdictional issues attendant...more
This article expands on “Tactic No. 2: Argue that venue is improper” from our previously published article “Five Tactics for Cybersecurity Companies to Defeat Patent Infringement Claims.” By taking a closer look at...more
For many patent cases, the United States District Court hearing your patent dispute can have a big impact on case strategy, budget and management, and even, to some extent, case outcomes. As we discussed earlier this year,...more
District court dismisses Indian screenwriter’s copyright infringement suit alleging Netflix ripped off Bollywood film to create hit show Squid Game, holding that while both works at issue depict characters fighting to survive...more
The enactment of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act regularized digital assets as a part of the U.S. financial system. However, there remain unresolved questions relating to...more
In a mobile economy, with company executives and key employees working far afield from their company’s homes and interests, the often-tricky business of personal jurisdiction has taken on new layers of complexity. In Shively...more
Since the U.S. Supreme Court in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, 582 U.S. 255 (2017) (Bristol-Myers) determined that the trial court lacked specific jurisdiction over the claims of nonresident...more
The Ninth Circuit finds that courts must analyze opt-in plaintiffs’ individual claims for jurisdiction in cases brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Since the U.S. Supreme Court in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior...more
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the first quarter of 2025. In this edition, the Supreme Court lowers its standards (in ERISA suits), one circuit changes its...more