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Federal Courts Diverge On Bristol-Myers And Class Actions

By Christopher Murphy and Elizabeth Rowe ( September 26, 2018, 1:36 PM EDT) -- In Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the California forum court lacked specific jurisdiction over nonresident plaintiffs' mass tort claims, because the defendant's conduct giving rise to their claims did not occur in California.[1] Although the Bristol-Myers decision concerned a mass tort action in state court, federal courts across the country have been wrestling with the question of whether its holding extends to class actions in federal court....

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