U.S. Supreme Court Decides Major Personal Jurisdiction Case: Impact in Florida Remains to Be Seen

A recent United States Supreme Court decision on the scope of personal jurisdiction, i.e., a court’s authority to exercise jurisdiction over a particular party, could potentially have lasting impacts on the way states decide to legislate long-arm jurisdiction over out-of-state corporate entities. In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.,the Supreme Court held that Pennsylvania’s long-arm statute, which requires foreign corporations to consent to the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania courts as a…
By: Rumberger | Kirk