Update: US Supreme Court Addresses Specific Personal Jurisdiction Again
By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21
Nation’s highest court rejects narrow causation test for specific jurisdiction and affirms requirement that forum contacts “relate to” the claim. In the 2017 case Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court, the United States Supreme Court confirmed that a claim must “arise out of or relate to” a defendant’s forum-state contacts for specific personal jurisdiction to attach. Latham & Watkins discussed the case and its implications in September 2016, January 2017, and June 2017. Now, the Court...
By: Latham & Watkins LLP