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Nevada Rejects Calder’s Jurisdictional Effects Test in Negligence Cases

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On June 18, 2025, the Nevada Supreme Court held in Whitley v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., 141 Nev. Adv. Op. 33 (2025), that Calder v. Jones’ “effects test” applies only in intentional tort cases. The opinion provides an analysis...more

Maynard Nexsen

Alabama Supreme Court Alert | Appellate Update for June 27, 2025

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Decisions from June 27, 2025 - Ex parte GBC International Bank: This case involves whether a plaintiff established personal jurisdiction over a California company doing no business in Alabama. The plaintiff wired $60,000...more

Troutman Amin LLP

OVER THE HILL: Litigator Adean Hill Jr. Just Can’t Seem to Get Service Accomplished

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TCPAWorld has a bunch of little side stories in addition to all the big ones. Here’s a quick one for you. In Adean Hill v. Amity One Tax, 2025 WL 1592957 (N.D. Tex. June 5, 2025) the Court gave Hill one last chance to serve...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Out-of-State, Out of Luck: Commercial Division Justice Dismisses PPE Suit for Lack of Jurisdiction

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A recent decision from the Manhattan Commercial Division reminds us that even substantial and high-profile transactions tied to the state may not be enough to establish personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant. In...more

King & Spalding

Southern District of New York Allows Fraudulent Transfer Claims Accusing JPMorgan and Others of Scheme, Dismisses Claims for...

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On March 27, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York largely denied a motion to dismiss fraudulent transfer and tortious interference claims arising out of a dispute over the financing and...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Google Moves to Dismiss Third Complaint Alleging Tying of Google Maps API Services

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Google LLC and Alphabet Inc. (Google) moved to dismiss a third successive complaint that alleged it tied the sales of Maps, Routes and Places application programming interface (API) services to one another. A basic tying...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Can a Non-Signatory Be Compelled to Arbitrate? - McGlinchey Commercial Law Bulletin - January 26, 2024

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Conditions Precedent- In this appeal, the Eighth Appellate Court affirmed in part the trial court’s determination that Defendant breached its contract with Plaintiff disagreeing with Defendant-appellant that Plaintiff failed...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Misadventures in ChatGPT: Lessons Learned

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Early in 2023, New York lawyer Steven A. Schwartz found himself in a bind when faced with a motion to dismiss an action he had commenced in state court that was subsequently removed to the District Court for the Southern...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Oops! They Did it Again: New York Courts Continue to Dismiss Lawsuits Based on Contractual Disclaimers

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A few weeks ago, I blogged about the Arco Acquisitions, LLC, v Tiffany Plaza LLC et al. decision, in which Suffolk County Commercial Division Justice Elizabeth Hazlitt Emerson held that the plaintiff’s fraud claims were...more

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