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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

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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

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Readily Ascertainable - WilmerHale's Trade Secret Bulletin: January 2025

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This month’s cases involve a cert petition to the U.S. Supreme Court on the extraterritorial application of the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act, a matter of first impression before the Court of Federal Claims, and a reminder...more

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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

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Federal Circuit Paves Way for Additional Discovery in Autonomous Car Case

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The Federal Circuit reinforced limits on its own jurisdiction by rejecting an appeal brought by intervenor Anthony Levandowski in the much-publicized case Waymo LLC v. Uber Technologies, Inc., et al., No. 17-cv-00939-WHA...more

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