Jurisdiction, Forum, Personal Jurisdiction

Ninth Circuit Hands Employers Split Decision on Key Procedural Aspects of FLSA Collective Actions

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/4/2025

A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit hit a trifecta of important legal procedures affecting litigation of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions. Harrington v. Cracker Barrel Old...more

Service of a “Preservation Notice” in the Forum District Does Not Confer Long-Arm Jurisdiction Over the Out-of-State Sender

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model on 11/13/2024

Plastics Industry Assoc. v. Bonta, 2024 WL 4699927 (D.D.C. Nov. 6, 2024), held in part that the defendant’s act of serving a “preservation demand” on the plaintiff in the forum district did not confer long-arm jurisdiction...more

Two Circuit Courts of Appeals Consider Jurisdiction Over Non-Forum Class Members

Polsinelli on 4/10/2020

The Seventh Circuit and District of Columbia Circuit Courts of Appeals recently considered an issue that has been debated by class action lawyers on both sides of the “v” for several years: whether the Supreme Court’s...more

Another Court Takes A Bite Out Of Forum Shopping: Plaintiffs Must Bring Nationwide Class Claims Where Defendants Are Incorporated...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/6/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, 137 S. Ct. 1773, 1780 (2017), numerous district courts across the country have ruled that they...more

“We meant what we said” – U.S. Supreme Court Continues To Rein In Personal Jurisdiction

McCarter & English, LLP on 6/30/2017

This past term, the U.S. Supreme Court decided two matters in which it unequivocally held that state courts’ ability to assert personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants is limited under both general and specific...more

Recent United States Supreme Court Decision Further Constricts Use Of General Personal Jurisdiction To "Forum Shop" Against...

Roetzel & Andress on 6/9/2017

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in BNSF Ry. Co. v. Tyrrell (BNSF), No. 16-405, 2017 WL 2322834, (U.S. May 30, 2017) demonstrates why personal jurisdiction should be examined in response to every lawsuit filed against a...more