Navigation “Regardless of the type of business at issue, if a company holds itself out to a jurisdiction’s business and does regular commerce there, it has fair warning that it could be subject to suit in that location,” Stranch concluded.
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Michael Cohen Testifies Donald Trump Approved Phony Legal Fees Payments
Cohen was paid $420,000 across 12 months in 2017, he testified. The payments were falsely billed as for “legal services rendered” and would be concealed given his new role as personal attorney to the president.
Sanctions Ordered After CEO Skips Deposition in MDL
ZHP sought to invoke the Apex Doctrine, which seeks to limit depositions of individuals at the “apex” of a corporation based on the premise that lower-level employees are likely to have firsthand knowledge of the material facts, and that deposing the top executives of a corporation is likely to impose a significant burden.
Schumer Urges FTC to 'Pump the Breaks' on Chevron, Hess Merger
“I’m sounding the alarm against yet another proposed Big Oil merger,” the Senate majority leader tweeted Sunday.
LSAC Begins Search for Next President and CEO
Susan Krinsky, LSAC’s executive vice president for operations and chief of staff, will serve as the organization’s interim CEO until a new president and CEO is appointed by the board.
'Wanted To Be a Legend of Wall Street': Fraud Trial Begins for Archegos Executives
Defense counsel Barry Berke said his client, Sung Kook “Bill” Hwang, didn’t break the law in the run-up to the the collapse of a $36 billion investment fund.
Biden's HUD Secretary Joins Taft in Newly Created Leadership Role
Marcia Fudge retired from government service in March. Before joining the Biden administration in 2021, she represented Northeast Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives.
'It Is Not Zealous Advocacy. It Is Fraud': PI Firm Sued for Racketeering in Asbestos Cases
Simmons Hanly Conroy, based in the St. Louis metropolitan area, allegedly filed sham lawsuits and scripted witness testimony, according to plastic pipe manufacturer J-M Manufacturing.
Out-of-State Physicians' Responses to Patient Messages Not Enough to Establish Jurisdiction in Med-Mal Case, Court Finds
“Here, the communications between Ms. Carter and Wake Forest are more aptly characterized as isolated or attenuated, and are insufficient to give rise to jurisdiction,” Justice Cleo E. Powell said in the May 9 opinion.
Pratt & Whitney Hit With Suit Alleging 'Smorgasbord of Antitrust Offenses'
UTP—represented by White & Case; Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan; and Kohn, Swift & Graf—is seeking more than $150 million in damages against Pratt.