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Client Alert: US Supreme Court Opens the Door to More Flexible Personal Jurisdiction Test for Foreign Defendants

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The longstanding view of most courts of appeals has been that federal and state courts are bound by the same constitutional standards for the exercise of personal jurisdiction, each requiring the plaintiff to show that the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Unanimously That Federal Courts Can Exercise Jurisdiction Over the Palestinian Authority in Damages...

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In 2019, Congress enacted the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act (PSJVTA), which created jurisdiction over the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for...more

Venable LLP

Supreme Court Confirms Jurisdictional Requirement for Foreign Sovereigns

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To resolve longstanding confusion over the scope of foreign countries' sovereign immunity in U.S. courts, Congress in 1976 passed the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act ("FSIA"). The FSIA draws a bright line: "foreign states and...more

Perkins Coie

Split Ninth Circuit Opinion Imposes Due Process Requirements for “In Rem” Forfeiture of Foreign Assets

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In United States v. Nasri, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the U.S. government must satisfy Due Process requirements before it can seek civil forfeiture of assets located abroad. The 2-1 split panel...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - Midyear Update 2018

This edition focuses on rulings issued between February 16, 2018, and June 15, 2018. In this issue, we cover three decisions granting motions to strike/dismiss class claims, five decisions denying such motions, 27 decisions...more

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