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3 Personal Jurisdiction Questions Mallory Leaves Unanswered

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The due process framework that has cabined personal jurisdiction over nationwide and global businesses for the last eight decades — since the U.S. Supreme Court's 1945 ruling in International Shoe Co. v. Washington — looks...more

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Far From Home: Supreme Court Expands General Jurisdiction for Out-of-State Defendants in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.

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When served with a summons and complaint for an out-of-state lawsuit, one of the first things a defendant is likely to ask is—can this court compel me to appear? Given that most transportation and logistics-related disputes...more

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Supreme Court Expands General Jurisdiction in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., Marking Departure from “At Home”...

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The test for personal jurisdiction, which asks whether a defendant can be compelled to litigate in a particular state, has been extensively developed over the past several decades, and notably refined in the last fifteen...more

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When International Shoe Doesn't Fit: Personal Jurisdiction After Mallory v. Norfolk Southern

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Every first-year law student learns two ways that a court can have jurisdiction over a corporate defendant. If the defendant has "minimum contacts" with a state, and the plaintiff's injuries arise out of those contacts, then...more

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Supreme Court Holds Corporation Waived Due Process Rights and Consented to General Personal Jurisdiction by Registering to do...

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On June 27, 2023, the United States Supreme Court held in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern R. Co., No. 21-1168, 2023 WL 4187749, that Norfolk Southern submitted to the state of Pennsylvania’s general jurisdiction (that is, being...more

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Supreme Court Addresses Federal Arbitration Act’s Residual Clause, But Circuit Split Remains Regarding Personal Jurisdiction in...

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On June 6, 2022, the Supreme Court addressed two cases involving employment law issues. The Court’s significant opinion in Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon regarding the scope of the residual clause contained in Section 1 of...more

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The Supreme Court Expands The Jurisdictional Reach Of The Courts: Implications For Aviation?

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The United States Supreme Court handed down a decision yesterday that expands the reach of state courts over companies involved in interstate commerce. While the decision, Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 3, August 2020

The Editors' Note - Welcome to the third issue of Decoded, Spilman's e-newsletter focusing on technology law, including data security, privacy standards, financing technologies, and digital-based means of conducting...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Mississippi Supreme Court Rejects ‘Passage of Title’ DTC Theory

Last week, the Supreme Court of Mississippi handed down an opinion in Fitch v. Wine Express Inc., No. 2018-SA-01259-SCT. A state court decision on the rather dry subject of personal jurisdiction often merits little comment,...more

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Tennessee Adopts New Personal Jurisdiction Standard for Internet Contacts

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Courts across jurisdictions have grappled for years with reconciling the personal jurisdiction “minimum contacts” test with the fact that “the [I]nternet operates ‘in’ every state regardless of where the user is physically...more

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New York’s Highest Court Provides Important Jurisdictional Guidance In Case Involving Ohio Firearm Merchant

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New York courts will continue to scrutinize the factual basis for personal jurisdiction over non-New York defendants with a fact-intensive inquiry. In Williams et al., v. Beemiller, Inc. et al., the New York Court of...more

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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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New FCPA Decision: How Long is the FCPA’s Reach?

A little more than a year after Deustche Telekom (“DT”) and Magyar Telekom entered into multi-million dollar settlements with the SEC and DOJ to resolve claims that the two companies violated the FCPA, three former Magyar...more

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