Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 332: Listen and Learn -- Removal (Civ Pro)
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Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 145: Listen and Learn -- Permissive Joinder and Required Joinder
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 263: Listen and Learn -- Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 92: Listen and Learn -- Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 72: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Civil Procedure
To exercise valid jurisdiction over any claim, a federal court must have both personal jurisdiction and subject matter jurisdiction. Subject matter jurisdiction can be based on diversity of citizenship, the presence of a...more
It’s not surprising that Vice Chancellor Zurn’s recent, first-impression decision in In re Coinmint, LLC, aligning itself with rulings in many other states including New York, found that Delaware courts lack subject matter...more
As I wrote here, in 2016 the Manhattan-based Appellate Division, First Department decided Raharney Capital LLC v Capital Stack LLC, overruling its own precedent and joining appellate rulings by the other Departments holding...more
The proverb “All for the want of a horseshoe nail” aptly describes the possibly mortal blow dealt by the Appellate Division’s recent decision in Favourite Ltd. v Cico, 2020 NY Slip Op 01463 [1st Dept Mar. 3, 2020], to a...more
Many thousands of closely held corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships formed under Delaware law (and, to a much lesser extent, other foreign states) make their home in New York....more
Formalism matters in federal court. One cannot obtain access to the courtroom without presenting the jurisdictional key to the courtroom door. A fundamental principle of subject matter jurisdiction is that parties asserting...more
After two years, 300+ docket entries, and 12 motions, a lawsuit among members of a Delaware LLC that owned a 5-story apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side (the “UES Building”) acquired to provide short-term...more
If she or he is not a lawyer, no. David Boggs, LLC and Mac Mar, LLC sued Matthew Soltis and his company My Affordable Roof, LLC for trademark infringement concerning the mark “MY AFFORDABLE ROOF.” Soltis appears to have...more
When deciding whether to remove a case when an LLC is a party it is necessary to look at the citizenship of the LLC’s members to determine whether there is diversity for subject matter jurisdiction. However, citizenship of...more
As Professor Joshua Fershee has often noted, many judges fail to distinguish between corporations and limited liability companies. See, e.g., LLCs Are Not Corporations. Be Vigilant. Respect the Entity. Therefore, it is nice...more
The Plaintiff in Camacho v. McCallum, 2016 NCBC 79 has to head to Delaware to litigate her claims for inspection of the records of the LLC of which she is a member, and also to seek dissolution of the LLC. Why, even...more
Imagine opening your email one morning to find a copy of a complaint and summons just received by your out-of-state corporate client. The caption shows a familiar North Carolina company as the lone plaintiff, and a cursory...more
Action Item: An LLC’s state of organization and principal place of business are legally irrelevant for purposes of determining diversity jurisdiction in the Third Circuit. Despite the practical difficulties this law imposes...more