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Supreme Court Clarifies Rules Governing Jurisdiction Over Foreign Companies

By DBL Law |
In Goodyear Dunlop v. Brown, 2011 WL 2518815 (U.S.N.C.), the United States Supreme Court analyzed whether placing goods in the stream of commerce of the forum state that later cause injury outside the forum state permit the forum state’s courts to assert jurisdiction over the defendant manufacturer. The Court ruled such contacts do warrant the exercise of state court jurisdiction. Read More...
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| July 7, 2011

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David Kramer is a Partner at DBL Law and is Chair of the firm's Civil Litigation Section. He is the principal author of Thomson/West's two-volume treatise on the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure. The treatise, which is updated annually, is widely regarded as the leading reference on the Kentucky civil rules.

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