If You Represent Corporations, You Need to Know About SCOTUS’s Change to Personal Jurisdiction Test

The U.S. Supreme Court, in its March 2021 decision in Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District, shook up the test for assessing personal jurisdiction over corporate defendants. Specifically, the Court held that Ford’s contacts “affiliated” with the forum were enough for personal jurisdiction, even if the vehicle at issue was designed, manufactured, and sold elsewhere.

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