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Supreme Court Blocks Mexico’s Gun Lawsuit: PLCAA Shields U.S. Firearm Makers from Litigation

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On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court held unanimously, in Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, that the gun-manufacturer and gun-distributor defendants sued by Mexico for negligence and related torts...more

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Specific Personal Jurisdiction Established Through Indirect Evidence of Targeting a Market

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In a recent decision, California’s Third Appellate Division held that a foreign automobile manufacturer could be haled into a state court in California through the indirect actions of its distributor without offending...more

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Navigating the Stream of Commerce: “Purposeful Availment” in the Wake of Ford

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We recently covered the United States Supreme Court’s troubling decision in Ford Motor Company v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, 141 S. Ct. 1017 (2021), which has broadened the reach of specific personal jurisdiction...more

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The Supreme Court Expands The Jurisdictional Reach Of The Courts: Implications For Aviation?

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The United States Supreme Court handed down a decision yesterday that expands the reach of state courts over companies involved in interstate commerce. While the decision, Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District...more

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Product Liability Update: January 2016

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Supreme Court Holds Defendant Cannot Moot Putative Class Action by Making Unaccepted Offer of Judgment for Complete Relief to Representative Plaintiff - In Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, No. 14-857, 2016 U.S. LEXIS 846 (S....more

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Federal Judge Rejects Government's Accomplice Theory of FCPA Liability

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The ruling stands as a blow to the government’s long-held view that non-resident foreign nationals are subject to the FCPA if they conspire with or aid and abet a person or entity otherwise subject to the FCPA. ...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Supreme Court Surprises the Antitrust World with Denial of Cert in Motorola and AU Optronics

Today the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari in two cases, Motorola Mobility LLC v. AU Optronics et al. and Hsiung and AU Optronics Corp. America Inc. v. United States, declining to resolve a closely watched...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

AU Optronics Files Petition for Certiorari with SCOTUS

AU Optronics Corp. (“AUO”) filed a petition for a writ of certiori in Hui Hsiung, et al. v. United States of America on March 16, 2015, seeking Supreme Court review of the Ninth Circuit’s 2014 decision that upheld the...more

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Supreme Court Asked to Clarify the Reach of U.S. Antitrust Laws to Foreign Conduct

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On March 16, 2015, AU Optronics Corporation America Inc. (AU Optronics) and Motorola Mobility LLC separately asked the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act (FTAIA) and the extent to which...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

March Madness for Foreign Companies: Supreme Court asked to resolve Circuit Split on Reach of FTAIA

The Supreme Court has been urged to resolve a circuit split concerning the reach of the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act (FTAIA) to foreign conduct that may affect U.S. commerce. Motorola this week filed a petition...more

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