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Court to decide if knowledge confers jurisdiction 

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    • March 4, 2013

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have agreed to decide whether a court can exercise personal jurisdiction over a defendant whose sole “contact” with the forum state is his knowledge that the plaintiff has connections there.
The case involves a Bivens action brought by a couple against a Drug » […]

Original post by http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/03/04/court-to-decide-if-knowledge-confers-jurisdiction/

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