Business Litigation, General Jurisdiction, Foreign Corporations

Major Changes in the Jurisdictional Laws in Illinois

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/4/2025

Senate Bill 328, as amended, makes significant changes to the law governing jurisdiction in Illinois, which would change Illinois from a specific jurisdiction state to a general jurisdiction state for actions that allege...more

Supreme Court Ruling Opens Door to Suits in States Where Companies are Registered

Stinson LLP on 7/12/2023

In its June 27, 2023, Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a corporate defendant can be sued in Pennsylvania — regardless of whether the cause of action accrues in Pennsylvania or...more

New York Court of Appeals Rejects Consent-By-Registration Rule for Personal Jurisdiction

Jones Day on 10/21/2021

Over the last decade, the U.S. Supreme Court has significantly restricted when courts can assert general personal jurisdiction over defendants, i.e., jurisdiction in lawsuits that do not arise out of or relate to the...more

At-Home Sweet At-Home: Exercising General Jurisdiction Over a Foreign Corporation

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 9/3/2020

Your client has just asked you to commence an action against a corporate entity in a New York state court. But, the defendant is not incorporated in New York, and does not maintain a principal place of business in New York. ...more

PA Federal Court Nixes Out-of-State Business Entities' Supposed “Consent” to General Personal Jurisdiction as Unconstitutional

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/12/2019

In a decision that should have a ripple effect in Pennsylvania state and federal courts, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held in a June 6, 2019, opinion that “the Pennsylvania statutory scheme...more

SCOTUS Limits Jurisdictions Where Corporations Can Be Sued

Rumberger | Kirk on 10/26/2017

With its recent opinion in BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell, the United States Supreme Court reaffirmed the strong position that it took in Daimler AG v. Bauman with respect to general jurisdiction, leaving no doubt that a...more