Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 169: Listen and Learn -- Personal Jurisdiction (Civ Pro)
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]
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
Court: Supreme Court of New York – Niagara County - In this action, plaintiffs allege asbestos exposure from the use of talc cosmetics and consumer products manufactured by defendant, IMI Fabi, LLC, among others, and that...more
A federal court in Louisiana held it lacked personal jurisdiction over a franchisor and its affiliate, finding the franchise agreement did not establish purposeful availment of the forum for purposes of specific personal...more
On Friday, Aug. 15, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 328 (“SB 328”), which permits toxic tort lawsuits against companies that operate in Illinois even in situations where the defendant company and individual...more
On August 15, 2025, Governor Pritzker signed Senate Bill 328 into law, effective immediately. The bill makes significant changes to the law governing jurisdiction in Illinois, namely changing Illinois from a specific...more
In a recent decision by the Ninth Circuit in Briskin, the court ruled that e-commerce platform Shopify purposefully directed its conduct toward California because of its nationwide operations, rejecting the need for...more
The court granted the third-party defendant’s first motion to dismiss for lack of general jurisdiction but permitted the parties to conduct jurisdictional discovery. After the close of jurisdictional discovery, the...more
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
In our January 18, 2024 post, “The Next Chapter of CIPA Litigation: The Pen Register and Trap and Trace Device,” we discussed the new trend in California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) litigation, where it came from, and...more
Courts may only hear and decide cases when they have been granted authority over particular matters and when they have personal jurisdiction over the parties to the matter. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that courts may...more
On 28 November 2023, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision of first impression that will sharply curtail a plaintiff’s ability to sue nationally operating payment processors and potentially many other...more
Last November, I questioned whether Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., U.S. S. Ct. Case No. No. 21-1168 will wipe out Delaware's hegemony over corporate litigation. In a recent post, Professor Josh Blackman considers...more
Suppose that you are a foreign applicant who either files a trademark application, opposition proceeding, or cancellation proceeding with the USPTO. Can this act of filing subject the foreign applicant to service of process...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In today's "Listen and Learn" episode, we look at the various ways of establishing whether a court has jurisdiction over the parties in a lawsuit. In this episode, we discuss: ...more
Over the past several years, many federal courts have weighed in on whether a key Supreme Court decision requires them to dismiss non-resident opt-in plaintiffs in federal wage and hour collective actions, and there is now...more
In 2021, thanks to the seventh “personal jurisdiction” opinion decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in just over a decade, as well as some state-based legal developments, we now have firm guidelines about where all types of...more
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a consumer class action against Ledger SAS’s e-commerce vendor Shopify Inc. because of its locale – Shopify is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. Judge...more
In JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Campbell, a member of a limited partnership sued other partners, including a trustee of a trust, to dissolve the partnership. No. 09-20-00161-CV, 2021 Tex. App. LEXIS 5001 (Tex. App.—Beaumont...more
District Judge Kevin McNulty of the District of New Jersey recently granted in part and denied in part a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Judge McNulty’s detailed opinion provides critical guidance on how...more
In Alexander v. Marshall, the original trustee was the beneficiary’s mother and the wife of the beneficiary’s father, who was the settlor. No. 14-18-00425-CV, 2021 Tex. App. LEXIS 1952 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] March...more
Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial Dist., No. 19-368; Ford Motor Co. v. Bandemer, No. 19-369: In two separate products liability actions, petitioner Ford Motor Company challenged the Montana and Minnesota State courts’...more
Under current United States Supreme Court precedent, for a court to exercise personal jurisdiction over a manufacturer like Ford, the plaintiff must demonstrate that the court has either general or specific jurisdiction....more
For many, Commerce Clause nexus protections seem to be getting porous. In this week's show, Matt Hunsaker reviews Robinson v. Jeopardy Productions Inc. (Louisiana) and reminds taxpayers of the importance of paying attention...more