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The Persistent Problem Of Purposeful Availment, Henry S. Noyes
The Persistent Problem Of Purposeful Availment, Henry S. Noyes
Henry S. Noyes
For the second time in 25 years, personal jurisdiction has perplexed the Supreme Court. The problem is purposeful availment. All of the Justices agree that specific jurisdiction does not exist without purposeful availment, but the Court could not cobble together a majority opinion in J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro stating what purposeful availment means or what it requires. This Article sets forth a simple — yet meaningful and necessary — solution. Purposeful availment is best understood by its negative. No court should find a non-resident defendant subject to personal jurisdiction for a contact with the forum state that the …
The Rise Of The Common Law Of Federal Pleading: Iqbal, Twombly And The Application Of Judicial Experience, Henry S. Noyes
The Rise Of The Common Law Of Federal Pleading: Iqbal, Twombly And The Application Of Judicial Experience, Henry S. Noyes
Henry S. Noyes
With its decisions in Twombly and Iqbal, the Supreme Court established a new federal pleading standard: a complaint must state a plausible claim for relief. Many commentators have written about the meaning of plausibility. None has focused on the Court’s statement that “[d]etermining whether a complaint states a plausible claim for relief...will be a context-specific task that requires the reviewing court to draw on its judicial experience and common sense.” In this article, I make and support several claims about the meaning and application of judicial experience. First, in order to understand and define the plausibility standard, one must understand …
If You (Re)Build It They Will Come: Contracts To Remake The Rules Of Litigation In Arbitration's Image, Henry S. Noyes
If You (Re)Build It They Will Come: Contracts To Remake The Rules Of Litigation In Arbitration's Image, Henry S. Noyes
Henry S. Noyes
The Supreme Court describes the right to trial by jury in a civil action as a "basic and fundamental" right that is "sacred to the citizen" and therefore "should be jealously guarded by the court." But parties to a contract may agree that, in the event a dispute arises, they waive their right to a jury. If this dispute resolution right - which is fundamental, constitutional, and set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - may be used as a bargaining chip, are there any limits on parties' ability to modify the rules of litigation in their ex …
Good Cause Is Bad Medicine For The New E-Discovery Rules, Henry S. Noyes
Good Cause Is Bad Medicine For The New E-Discovery Rules, Henry S. Noyes
Henry S. Noyes
This Article takes a critical look at the e-discovery amendments to Rule 26(b)(2) that provide that electronically stored information that is “not reasonably accessible” shall be discoverable only if the requesting party can establish good cause. The intent of these amendments was to limit the cost and burden of discovery and to ensure that similarly situated litigants are treated similarly with respect to discovery of electronically stored information. I conclude that the e-discovery amendments to Rule 26(b)(2) will be ineffective because they increase judicial discretion—likely leading to disparate treatment of similarly situated litigants—while providing no new protection against the cost …
Is E-Discovery So Different That It Requires New Discovery Rules? An Analysis Of Proposed Amendments To The Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure, Henry S. Noyes
Is E-Discovery So Different That It Requires New Discovery Rules? An Analysis Of Proposed Amendments To The Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure, Henry S. Noyes
Henry S. Noyes
The U.S. Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules recommended a package of proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to address issues raised by discovery of electronic information. The recommendations were based on the theory that discovery of electronic information is truly different from discovery of non-electronic information and that the differences require a special set of discovery rules. This Article tests the bases for the Advisory Committee's theory and concludes that there are five true differences between discovery of electronic information and discovery of traditional hard copy information, but two of the differences are addressed by …