Show Me Some More On Personal Jurisdiction

It's not exactly Groundhog Day, but we are sticking with personal jurisdiction.  Today we're sliding two states over to Missouri.  Gateway to the West.  Home to Maya Angelou, Mark Twain, Dick Van Dyke, and John Goodman.  Birthplace of the waffle cone and home to the largest beer producing plant in the country.  Unlike Indiana, Missouri is in fact home to one to the top judicial hellholes, St. Louis.  And until recently, if we were talking about Missouri and personal jurisdiction it was usually about litigation tourism.  Fortunately, since the SCOTUS opinions in Daimler AG v. Bauman, 571 U.S. 117 (2014)  and Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court, 137 S. Ct. 1773 (2017), litigation tourism in Missouri is more difficult, and Missouri courts have actually done a pretty good job of changing their ways. We've written about that evolution frequently, including here.