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Epstein Becker & Green

Expanding the Reach of the DTSA: New Ruling Clarifies “Act in Furtherance” Requirement

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Last summer, in a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Motorola Solutions, Inc. v. Hytera Communications Corporation Ltd held that the Defend Trade Secrets Act (the “DTSA”) rebuts the...more

Kennedys

Evasive maneuvers: How US courts sidestep the Hague Service Convention and effects on foreign defendants

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Despite recent fluctuations in trade policy in the US, companies engaged in international shipping find US courts are increasingly familiar territory. But when a foreign shipping company is sued in the US, how that company is...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Will the Supreme Court Upend the Jurisdictional Landscape?

Many defendants with no connection to the jurisdiction in which they are sued may assert a personal jurisdiction defense to avoid defending against claims in far-flung courts. In cases brought under state law, this defense is...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Commercial Division Court Issues a Decision Extending Time for Service and Permitting Alternative Service Methods to Foreign...

On July 17, 2023, Justice Reed of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision extending the time for service and permitting the Plaintiff in Zantaz Enter. Archive Solution, LLC v. Adecco IT Servs., Inc., Index...more

Hogan Lovells

Dutch court recognizes cross-border jurisdiction in patent infringement case against Chinese defendant

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In March 2019, Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Xiaomi organized a mobile phone conference in the Netherlands, and it is expected that Xiaomi mobile phones will be listed on the Dutch market shortly after the summer of 2019....more

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Employment News: jurisdiction, constructive dismissal, whistleblowing

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Home or away – hearing claims against international defendants - Two recent cases, one in the CJEU and one in the EAT, found that courts and tribunals in Great Britain had jurisdiction in principle to hear claims against...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - WesternGeco LLC v. Ion Geophysical Corp., Appeal Nos. 2016-2099, -2100, -2101, -2332, -2333, -2334 (Fed. Cir. May 7, 2018) - In an appeal from an inter partes review, the Federal Circuit...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Please Shut the Gate: High Court Decision on Important Jurisdictional Gateway

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The English Civil Procedure Rules specify a number of “jurisdictional gateways” by which a foreign defendant may be brought within the jurisdiction of the English courts under the so-called common law rules. Amongst these is...more

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