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Venable LLP

Should I Register My Entity to Do Business in a State? Supreme Court Case Reminds Us of the Scope of Considerations

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Clients frequently ask whether a business entity needs to register to do business in a particular state with which the entity has begun to have some degree of ongoing contact. In responding we typically consider the state's...more

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4th Circuit Agrees That Domain Re-Registration Is Subject To ACPA

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Last month, the Fourth Circuit issued a landmark intellectual property ruling in The Prudential Insurance Company of America v. Shenzhen Stone Network Information Ltd., No. 21-1823 (4th Cir. Jan. 24, 2023)....more

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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on Where Businesses Can Be Sued

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The constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s “registration statute,” which requires corporations that register to do business in Pennsylvania consent to the “general personal jurisdiction” of Pennsylvania, was the subject of oral...more

White and Williams LLP

Personal Jurisdiction: Scotus to Decide if Registration by Out-of-state Corporations Confers General Jurisdiction

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On April 25, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari of a case in which the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that an out-of-state corporation’s mere registration to conduct business within the Commonwealth did not...more

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The Georgia Supreme Court Upheld Out-of-State Corporations’ Consent to Suit by State Registration - But Will the U.S. Supreme...

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In a recent decision, the Georgia Supreme Court reaffirmed that under Georgia law, when an out-of-state corporation registers with the Georgia Secretary of State to conduct business in Georgia, it consents to general personal...more

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The Georgia Supreme Court upholds an expansive “consent by registration” approach to general personal jurisdiction

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Companies authorized to transact business in Georgia may not be aware of the potential consequences: merely registering to do business with the Georgia Secretary of State confers general personal jurisdiction in Georgia over...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Puts An End to Consent By Registration Theory of General Personal Jurisdiction

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On December 22, 2021, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued a decision in Mallory v. Norfolk S. R.R. Co., Civ. A. No. 3 EAP 2021, Slip. Op. J-49-2021, at 33, 44 (Pa. Dec. 22, 2021) that is sure to become the pillar of...more

Stinson LLP

Location, Location, Location: Personal Jurisdiction in Products Liability Lawsuits

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As every manufacturer, distributor, advertiser, or retailer of consumer products likely knows, the location where a lawsuit is brought can have a large impact on the ultimate resolution of the matter. Whether because of...more

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Delaware Supreme Court: No General Jurisdiction Over Non-Delaware Businesses Simply by Virtue of Registering to Do Business in...

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Merely registering to do business in Delaware does not subject a non-Delaware company to the general jurisdiction of Delaware courts. In Genuine Parts Company v. Cepec, Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Leo E....more

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