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Strong Signal: Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Defendant Based on Confluence of Factors

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The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit concluded that a district court had personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant’s website that purposefully targeted a US-based audience. DISH Network, LLC v. Bassam Elahmad,...more

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Foreign Video-Hosting Website Can’t Escape Long Arm of the Law

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Focusing on the first prong of the minimum contacts test (whether the foreign defendant purposefully directed its activities at the United States) the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court...more

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