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SCOTUS wrap-up: Terror victims can sue PLO in federal court
U.S. Supreme Court rules federal courts can exercise personal jurisdiction over the Palestine Authority and PLO in suits for civil damages brought by terror victims.
Personal jurisdiction ruling favors hotel’s parent company
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has held that the state courts lack personal jurisdiction over the parent company of a national hotel chain, reversing a Mecklenburg County superior court […]
Justices reject ‘minimum contacts’ test for FSIA jurisdiction
The Supreme Court clarifies that foreign states do not need to show “minimum contacts” to establish personal jurisdiction in federal court under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
Equitable distribution order remanded for necessary party
While the service of process to a husband in an equitable distribution case was proper, the trial court’s order was null and void due to the absence of a necessary […]
Civil RICO: A tool of advocacy
Since 1985, RICO has become the weapon of choice for civil plaintiffs because of the broad and liberal construction of the statute and the potential of the litigation equivalent of terror or a thermonuclear device — the availability of treble damages.
No jurisdiction where man didn’t know ex was in N.C.
A defendant who called his ex’s cellphone number without knowing that she was in North Carolina wasn’t subject to personal jurisdiction in the state’s court, a unanimous North Carolina […]
Civil Practice – Personal Jurisdiction – Oklahoma Company – Aircraft Products
Cohen v. Continental Motors, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-078-17, 11 pp.) (Linda McGee, C.J.) Appealed from Nash County Superior Court (Marvin Blount III, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: In an […]
Civil Practice – Personal Jurisdiction – Communications & Trips – Sufficient Contacts
Soma Technology, Inc. v. Dalamagas (Lawyers Weekly No. 020-036-17, 21 pp.) (Louis Bledsoe III, J.) 2017 NCBC 26 Holding: Defendant Hiren Desai exchanged numerous calls and emails to and from […]
Civil Practice – Personal Jurisdiction – Specific & Stream of Commerce Jurisdiction – Insufficient – Transfer of Venue – Intellectual Property – Patent Infringement
DEB USA, Inc. v. CWGCLA Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 004-007-17, 17 pp.) (Max Cogburn Jr., J.) 3:16-cv-00521; W.D.N.C. Holding: Where the California defendant has never sold the allegedly infringing foam […]
Civil Practice – Personal Jurisdiction – N.C. Contract – Florida Defendant – Holograph Units
Marketing Ad Group, LLC v. Latitude 360 Global, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-112-16, 26 pp.) (Martha Geer, J.) Appealed from Iredell County Superior Court (Joseph Crosswhite, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. […]
Civil Practice – Personal Jurisdiction – Family & Business Ties – Sufficient Contacts
Richards v. Tim Bell Racing, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-098-16, 9 pp.) (Chris Dillon, J.) Appealed from Iredell County Superior Court (Theodore Royster, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Even though […]
Civil Practice — Personal Jurisdiction – Labor & Employment – California Contract – Venue
Wright v. Zacky & Sons Poultry, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-03-0496, Thomas Schroeder, J.) 1:14-cv-00570; M.D.N.C. Holding: Even though the California defendant-employer reached into North Carolina to offer the North […]
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