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Personal Jurisdiction And Aggregation, Scott Dodson
Personal Jurisdiction And Aggregation, Scott Dodson
Northwestern University Law Review
Aggregation—the ability to join parties or claims in a federal civil lawsuit—has usually been governed by subject matter jurisdiction, claim and issue preclusion, and the joinder rules. These doctrines have tended to favor aggregation for its efficiency, consistency, and predictability. Yet aggregation is suddenly under attack from a new threat, one that has little to do with aggregation directly: personal jurisdiction. In this Article, I chronicle how a recent restrictive turn in personal jurisdiction—seen in modern cases narrowing general jurisdiction and October Term 2016’s blockbuster case Bristol-Myers Squibb—threatens the salutary benefits of aggregation across a number of areas, including …
Personal Jurisdiction And The Web, Joseph S. Burns, Richard A. Bales
Personal Jurisdiction And The Web, Joseph S. Burns, Richard A. Bales
Maine Law Review
Courts have struggled in determining precisely when a defendant should be subject to suit in a particular forum based on his or her Web activity. Although most jurisdictions have applied some form of the “minimum contacts” test, the test has been applied inconsistently. A new standard is needed to resolve personal jurisdiction disputes arising out of Web activity. This Article examines the ways in which modern courts have attempted to resolve personal jurisdiction issues based on Web activity, as well as the inconsistencies that have resulted from the inherent difficulty in conceptualizing the Web.
Recent Developments In Aviation Law, Justin V. Lee
Recent Developments In Aviation Law, Justin V. Lee
Journal of Air Law and Commerce
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Teaching And Learning Personal Jurisdiction After The Stealth Revolution, Deborah Challener
Teaching And Learning Personal Jurisdiction After The Stealth Revolution, Deborah Challener
Journal Articles
In this Response [to Professor Michael Hoffheimer’s article The Stealth Revolution in Personal Jurisdiction], Professor Challener points out one additional cost of the stealth revolution: the substantially increased difficulty of teaching and learning the law of personal jurisdiction which, in turn, erodes law students’ confidence in the Supreme Court as an institution.
Jurisdiction In The Trump Era, Scott Dodson
Jurisdiction In The Trump Era, Scott Dodson
Scott Dodson
Personal Jurisdiction And Aliens, Scott Dodson, William Dodge
Personal Jurisdiction And Aliens, Scott Dodson, William Dodge
Scott Dodson
Personal Jurisdiction And Aggregation, Scott Dodson
Personal Jurisdiction And Aggregation, Scott Dodson
Scott Dodson