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Foreign Defendants and the Future of Personal Jurisdiction

By Maggie Gardner
May 27, 2022 posted in: Personal Jurisdiction

The Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in yet another personal jurisdiction case (the eighth such case in just over ten years). Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Rwy. Co. has no transnational facts, but it is highly relevant for the future of transnational litigation in U.S. courts. Corporate registration statutes, like the one being challenged in Mallory,…

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Corporate Registration and Jurisdiction in Transnational Litigation

By Charles W. (Rocky) Rhodes and Cassandra Burke Robertson
April 11, 2022 posted in: Personal Jurisdiction

When companies register to do business in a U.S. state, are they granting state courts the power to exercise jurisdiction over them for claims arising outside the state—and perhaps outside the country? The answer to this question is not an easy one. The effect of business registration is hotly contested in the United State, and…

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