In a jurisdictional win for online servicers and web-based platforms, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action alleging that Shopify violated California privacy and unfair competition laws by...more
We previously wrote about how, under the Georgia Supreme Court’s decision in Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. v. McCall, 863 S.E.2d 81 (Ga. 2021), merely registering to do business with the Georgia Secretary of State confers general...more
Companies authorized to transact business in Georgia may not be aware of the potential consequences: merely registering to do business with the Georgia Secretary of State confers general personal jurisdiction in Georgia over...more
Takeaway: We previously wrote that a number of district courts had split on whether to apply the Supreme Court’s personal jurisdictional ruling in Bristol-Myers to class actions. We then wrote an update that the Seventh...more
Takeaway: We previously wrote that the Seventh Circuit had become one of the first circuits to address the application of the Supreme Court’s personal jurisdictional holding in Bristol-Myers to class actions, holding that...more
Takeaway: We previously wrote that a number of district courts had split on whether to apply the Supreme Court’s personal jurisdictional holding in Bristol-Myers to class actions. We anticipated that this issue would...more
District courts continue to split on whether to apply the Supreme Court’s holding in Bristol-Myers, a case limiting personal jurisdiction over non-resident multistate mass tort claimants, to the class action context. This...more