Jurisdiction, General Jurisdiction, Foreign Corporations

Major Changes in the Jurisdictional Laws in Illinois

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/4/2025

Senate Bill 328, as amended, makes significant changes to the law governing jurisdiction in Illinois, which would change Illinois from a specific jurisdiction state to a general jurisdiction state for actions that allege...more

Foreign Corporations Set to Be Subject to General Jurisdiction in NY

Rivkin Radler LLP on 12/18/2023

Foreign corporations, open your rolodexes. You will need New York counsel more than ever. Days ago, New York Senate Bill S7476 was delivered to Governor Hochul for signature. If signed, the bill would make all foreign...more

Mr. Mallory Goes to Washington?

Maron Marvel on 5/13/2022

It would not be surprising to find Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. become mandatory class material across law schools in the future. The case presents a thought-provoking discussion of specific and general...more

Court Rules Registration To Transact Intrastate Business Does Not Establish General Jurisdiction

Allen Matkins on 12/12/2018

A foreign corporation registering with the California Secretary of State to transact intrastate business must, among other things, designate an agent for service of process in California. Does this amenability to service...more

Courts Continue to Struggle with Jurisdiction by Consent

King & Spalding on 5/8/2017

Introduction - On January 26, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.) decided Famular v. Whirlpool Corp., a case addressing the circumstances in which an out-of-state corporation may...more

2016 Year In Review: Corporate Governance Litigation And Regulation

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 1/12/2017

2016 saw many notable developments in corporate governance litigation and related regulatory developments. In this article, we discuss significant judicial and regulatory developments in the following areas: Mergers...more