Supreme Court clarifies the jurisdictional reach of US courts over foreign corporations | Lexology lexology.com
On January 14, 2014, the US Supreme Court, in a unanimous judgment, once again reversed a lower court’s assertion of extraterritorial jurisdiction over a foreign corporation. The Court’s decision in Daimler AG v. Bauman et al. held that a US court cannot exercise general personal jurisdiction – whereby a court asserts jurisdiction over a defendant on claims unrelated to the defendant’s activities in the forum in which the court sits – over a foreign corporation solely because of contacts that the foreign corporation’s subsidiary has with the state in which the lawsuit is filed.
Jurisdictional Tax Question?
On January 14, 2014, the US Supreme Court, in a unanimous judgment, once again reversed a lower court’s assertion of extraterritorial jurisdiction over a foreign corporation. The Court’s decision in Daimler AG v. Bauman et al. held that a US court cannot exercise general personal jurisdiction – whereby a court asserts jurisdiction over a defendant on claims unrelated to the defendant’s activities in the forum in which the court sits – over a foreign corporation solely because of contacts that the foreign corporation’s subsidiary has with the state in which the lawsuit is filed.
Jurisdictional Tax Question?
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