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The Shrinking Doctrine Of Specific Personal Jurisdiction

By Grant Esposito, Brian Matsui and Bryan Leitch ( June 22, 2017, 12:04 PM EDT) -- The U. S. Supreme Court strikes again. In Bristol-Myers Squibb Company v. Superior Court of California, the Supreme Court addressed the critical question of specific personal jurisdiction: Whether a plaintiff's claims can be said to "arise out of or relate to" a defendant's forum activities if there is no causal connection between the plaintiff's claims and the defendant's activities in the forum state. . . .

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