The U.S. Supreme Court has held—by a 5-4 margin—that it did not violate due process for a Pennsylvania court to exercise jurisdiction over an asbestos case with no connection to Pennsylvania because of a unique Pennsylvania...more
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
What does the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch for the U.S. Supreme Court mean for product liability litigation? Judge Gorsuch may be similar enough to the late Justice Antonin Scalia as to first principles that near-term...more