The Delaware Supreme Court issued a unanimous June 27, 2018 opinion allowing “take home” asbestos claims against manufacturers. The...

Once upon a time, it seemed the 1980 ruling in  World-Wide Volkswagen would control forever, and that jurisdictional jurisdictional...

Jurisdiction for toxic tort suits remains a “hot topic.”  A new example arises from oral argument in a Delaware Supreme Court case...

As expected, SCOTUS used the BMS case to narrow the rules for the assertion of personal jurisdiction against a defendant.  Bexis provided...

Another helpful summary of SCOTUS and jurisdiction issues is set out in a May 1, 2017 post by Bexis at Drug & Device blog. As he says,...

For more on the argument at SCOTUS about jurisdiction rules as applied to mass torts, see the April 27, 2017 post by Jim Beck at Drug and...

The following is a guest post from Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC. As always, the analysis is cogent and very much...

The label “tort reform” brings many reactions. But it’s an easy label for legislation involving “mass tort” claims. For an update on...

Yet again, SCOTUS is taking up issues that matter for mass tort cases. This time it granted cert to look at the constitutional law and...

Drug defendant positions on jurisdictional issues in “mass tort” cases were rejected yesterday and late last week in new rulings from...

Crowell & Moring issued a nice summary of SCOTUS’ recent decision on assertion of general jurisdiction against a "foreign" plaintiff...

When and how should courts assert cross-border jurisdiction over related corporate entities? Should agency theories widen amenability to...

A trilogy of decisions in Canada provides new guidance on exercising jurisdiction over defendants from outside Canada. In general, the...

The US Supreme Court issued two end of term opinions which in the long-term ultimately will stimulate the global expansion of the...

With a hat tip to Sean Wajert at the MassTort Defense blog, for an article on the opinon, set out below are recent, striking words from...