International
Jul. 8, 2011
Justices Limit Exposure of Foreign Businesses to US Litigation
The U.S. Supreme Court applies the "stream of commerce" doctrine in favor of foreign businesses in two recent decisions. By Matthew L. Marshall, Gerald P. Shneeweis, and Derek A. Simpson of Morris Polich & Purdy LLP
By Matthew L. Marshall, Gerald P. Schneeweis and Derek A. Simpson
On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions limiting the exposure of foreign businesses to the risk of litigation in U.S. courts. In both cases, the Supreme Court held that the foreign corporations were not subject to products liability lawsuits in U.S. state courts, since those courts lacked personal jurisdiction over the foreign companies. The first case, J. McIntyre Machine...
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