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Full-Text Articles in Civil Procedure
Recent Development: Scarfield V. Muntjan: A Jury Demand In An Amended Complaint, Which Is Dismissed For Failure To State A Claim, Does Not Revive A Previously Waived Jury Demand For Counts In The Original Complaint, Thomas Andrew Barnes
University of Baltimore Law Forum
The Court of Appeals of Maryland held that, while a waived jury trial may be revived by an amended complaint in which new and substantive issues are raised, the dismissal of a new count raised in an amended complaint will not revive the originally waived demand for jury trial.
Recent Development: A Guy Named Moe, Llc V. Chipotle Mexican Grill Of Colo., Llc: A Foreign Limited Liability Company Lacking Compliance With State Registration Requirements May Maintain Suit After Infirmity Is Cured; The Company Must Also Meet The "Person Aggrieved" Requirement Of Standing., Alicia M. Kuhns
University of Baltimore Law Forum
The Court of Appeals of Maryland held that a foreign limited liability company, though unregistered at the time of filing, could resolve its lack of compliance and maintain its action for judicial review. A Guy Named Moe, LLC v. Chipotle Mexican Grill of Colo., LLC, 447 Md. 425, 447, 135 A.3d 492, 505 (2016). The court further held that one does not have standing as a “person aggrieved” based solely on the desire to eliminate business competition. Id. at 453, 135 A.3d at 508.
Maryland Personal Jurisdiction Law In The Cyberspace Content, Saad Gul
Maryland Personal Jurisdiction Law In The Cyberspace Content, Saad Gul
University of Baltimore Law Forum
A century ago, personal jurisdiction largely hinged on a simple litmus test: the defendant’s presence in the forum state. The issue of personal jurisdiction gained prevalence as the nation evolved from its earlier days of detached, semi-sovereign entities, whose citizens rarely interacted, to a nation where interstate commerce had increased, with interstate litigation growing correspondingly. In Pennoyer v. Neff, the Supreme Court of the United States effectively limited a state’s jurisdiction to persons physically present within its territorial borders. However, in today’s increasingly interconnected world, physical presence appears to represent an anachronism set in the post-Civil War, horse-and-buggy America of …