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Can a Plaintiff Establish Personal Jurisdiction Over Out-of-State Private Equity Firms?

The proliferation of the corporate form has driven the evolution of personal jurisdiction. The U.S. Supreme Court’s most recent foray into the issue explained that state statutes that confer general ...
Reason

Congress, the Fifth Amendment, and Personal Jurisdiction

Civil procedure students are used to hearing about the rules for state-court personal jurisdiction under the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause. But the Fifth Amendment has a Due Process Clause ...
The National Law Review

Illinois Law Subjects Out-Of-State Companies to General Personal Jurisdiction

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JD Supra

Recent New York decision highlights that courts can recognize a foreign judgment even without personal jurisdiction

In Cargill Financial Services Int’l, Inc. v. Barshchovskiy (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 18, 2025), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York clarified that recognition of a foreign monetary ...
The National Law Review

Ninth Upends Internet Personal Jurisdiction Law–Briskin v. Shopify

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Federal Circuit Patent Watch: FDA Filing Can Create Personal Jurisdiction; “Compelling” Arguments that Reverse Doctrine of Equivalents was Eliminated

Moore, Chief J. The Court reversed the district court’s findings for judgment as a matter of law (“JMOL”) of noninfringement because it determined that the reverse doctrine of equivalents (“RDOE”) did ...
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Can a Plaintiff Establish Personal Jurisdiction Over Out-of-State Private Equity Firms?

Suppose a company is subject to personal jurisdiction in one state and is owned or subject to a controlling interest by an out-of-state private equity firm. Can a plaintiff injured by that company ...