Patently O

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (AG) , Nos. The court also found no personal jurisdiction over Siemens AG. Personal Jurisdiction : The Federal Circuit also affirmed the district court’s dismissal of Caddo’s claims against a separate corporate defendant – Siemens AG – for lack of personal jurisdiction.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 28, 2023

re-opens the door to suing foreign companies in U.S. Although he currently lives in Virginia, he sued Norfolk Southern (a company then incorporated and based in Virginia) in state court in Pennsylvania, asserting claims under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA). The result in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

AUGUST 28, 2023

After he left the company, Mallory moved to Pennsylvania for a period before returning to Virginia. Norfolk Southern—a company incorporated in Virginia and headquartered there—resisted the suit on the basis that a Pennsylvania court’s exercise of personal jurisdiction over it would offend the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Patently O

MARCH 25, 2021

Ford argued that the state lacks personal jurisdiction over the global auto company. Still, under Daimler AG v. 117 (2014), state courts will not have General Jurisdiction over the the company since it still isn’t “at home” in the state. Bauman , 571 U.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 3, 2023

This creates inconsistencies between the scope of application of the Draft Directive and existing jurisdictional law, both on the EU level and on the domestic level, and can lead to an enforcement gap: EU companies may be able to escape the existing EU jurisdiction; non-EU companies may even not be subject to such jurisdiction.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

is whether a Pennsylvania court can hear a lawsuit brought against a Virginia-based railroad company by a Virginia man who worked for the railroad in Virginia and Ohio. That’s because the courts of those states have “general” jurisdiction over the company. But the ability to sue a company in other states is more limited.

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