WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 12 denied review of a circuit court ruling that 112 hormone replacement therapy (HRT) plaintiffs did not fraudulently misjoin nondiverse defendants in order to keep their cases in Minnesota... Read More

On April 17, 2013, the United States Supreme Court held that the Alien Tort Statute ("ATS") does not have extraterritorial jurisdiction in a 9-0 decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. [lexis.com subscribers can view the enhanced opinion... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey’s) The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 15 granted a petition for writ of certiorari filed in a suit accusing Microsoft Corp. of a selling defective Xbox consoles but limited the appeal and agreed to consider only if a... Read More

According to Hertz v. Friend ( 2010 U.S. LEXIS 1897 ), the nerve center test is the only appropriate test for determining the location of a principal place of business, Anne Braucher, an associate at McMillan Metro P.C. in Rockville, Md., writes in this... Read More

By Layne E. Kruse , Darryl Wade Anderson and John J. Byron The new year brings new rules for federal court litigants. On January 6, 2012 , the Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2011 ("Act") takes effect. In the most... Read More

By Philip C. Babler [On Aug. 7], the Wisconsin Court of Appeals released its opinion in Farm-To-Consumer v. Wis. DATCP , 11AP2264, a closely watched case involving Wisconsin’s regulation of raw-milk production [ enhanced opinion available to... Read More

By Michael G. Terry of Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer Michael Terry has been a personal injury trial lawyer for more than 30 years, trying virtually every type of personal injury case, including a personal injury class action. As a partner in Corpus... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 11 heard oral arguments regarding the proper jurisdiction for a tire manufacturer that produced a product that allegedly caused a fatal bus accident in France that killed a pair of North... Read More

In Reid v. Siniscalchi , C.A. No. 2874-VCN (May 25, 2012) , the Court addressed a request for additional deposition discovery requested by the plaintiff to prove that the Court had jurisdiction over the defendants. Issue Addressed: Whether the court... Read More

Just two months before the U.S. Supreme Court hears argument in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez , two federal circuit court panels have ruled on jurisdictional issues presented in the case. Both the Seventh Circuit in Chapman v. First Index, Inc. [ enhanced... Read More