Bow Tie Law

Category: General Jurisdiction

A Civ Pro Review of Jurisdiction

Civil Procedure, Forum Selection, General Jurisdiction, Personal Jurisdiction

Judge Susan Illston could not simply Tweet her decision with 140 characters in Twitter, Inc. v. Skootle Corp. Twitter sued the Defendants on numerous causes of action for the Defendants’ alleged spamming activity, including breach of contract, tortious interference with contract, fraud, and unfair or deceptive business practices.  Twitter, Inc.[…]

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e-Discovery Civil Procedure: Three Email Messages Do Not Establish Personal Jurisdiction

e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, Email, General Jurisdiction, Personal Jurisdiction, Specific Jurisdiction

Pelowski v. Pipe, 2010 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 549, 14-15 (Cal. App. 1st Dist. Jan. 26, 2010) is case where the Plaintiff’s appealed the judgment of dismissal of a Defendant based on the lack of personal jurisdiction. The Plaintiffs argued that both general and personal jurisdiction in California were properly established, because[…]

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