Supreme Court Docket Report - April 22, 2013

Keywords: personal jurisdiction, subsidiary, affiliate, forum state

On April 22, 2013, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in one case of interest to the business community:

Personal Jurisdiction - General Personal Jurisdiction Based on Subsidiary's or Affiliate's Activities in Forum State

The question whether a corporate defendant located outside the United States may be sued in U.S. courts is often critical - especially in view of the significant differences between the substantive and procedural standards applied by U.S. courts and those employed by the courts in most other countries. The question whether a defendant located outside a particular state may be sued in the courts of that state can also matter because of the differences in legal standards among the states.