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White and Williams LLP

Where Can Your Company Be Sued? A 2022 Update on All Things Personal Jurisdiction

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

Snell & Wilmer

United States Supreme Court Tackles Personal Jurisdiction

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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

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Personal Jurisdiction Part 2: The Ford Cases [More With McGlinchey Ep. 8]

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In the second installment of our “More with McGlinchey” series on personal jurisdiction, Rasch Brown, Gary Hebert, and Brian LeCompte (New Orleans) discuss the potentially groundbreaking Ford cases pending before the U.S....more

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Strategically Leveraging the Personal Jurisdiction Requirement to Put the Brakes on Litigation Tourism & Forum Shopping

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I. Why It Matters - Until recently, personal jurisdiction over corporate defendants had been expanding significantly in scope through the reliance on tenuous corporate contacts or business conducted by a defendant in a...more

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Unique Venue and Personal Jurisdiction Challenges of Foreign Corporations

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In 2017, the Supreme Court rejected the Federal Circuit’s longstanding interpretation of Personal Jurisdiction and Venue in patent infringement actions against domestic companies. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391, 1400; see TC Heartland LLC...more

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Missouri Supreme Court Talc Decision Alters Landscape

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On March 6, the Missouri Supreme Court declined to review the intermediate appellate court’s decision in Fox v. Johnson & Johnson, which vacated a $72 million talc verdict awarded in St. Louis City Court. ...more

Clark Hill PLC

SCOTUS Rules Out-of-State Plaintiffs’ Access to State Courts Limited by 14th Amendment

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In the recent decision, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) v. Superior Court (2017) ___ US ____, the Supreme Court followed a string of recent decisions by further limiting out of state plaintiffs’ access to courts in...more

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Back to Basics: A Review of Recent SCOTUS Personal Jurisdiction Jurisprudence

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As its term drew to a close, the Supreme Court handed down its latest decision on personal jurisdiction in a case entitled Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., San Francisco Cty. Over the last six years, the...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Where Can Your Company Be Sued? The Basics of Personal Jurisdiction

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On May 30, 2017, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion in the case of BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell. Among other things, the case analyzed and reaffirmed the grounds for a company to be sued other than in its home...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Reaffirming Personal Jurisdiction Limits At High Court

It seems like it happens every spring: Once again, the U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a state court’s expansive view of personal jurisdiction. In BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell, the Supreme Court reversed the Montana Supreme...more

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Supreme Court Continues Rule-based Refinement of Personal Jurisdiction

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On May 30, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down yet another personal jurisdiction opinion emphasizing clear rules as to when out-of-state defendants may be haled into court. While the decision in BNSF Railway Co. v....more

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