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On June 27, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., No. 21-1168, a case that raised the question of whether an out-of-state company's compliance...

Following up on our Client Alert from June 28 regarding Mallory, it should also be emphasized that Justice Alito was the fifth and deciding vote on Parts I and III-B of the Court's limited majority...

The court hardened its turn to the right at the end of the legal year, but oftentimes, the justices have also sought (and found) consensus

A tech trade group sued Arkansas in federal court on Thursday, challenging a new state law that requires social media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter, to verify new users’ ages.

Supreme Court insurer could be sued in Missouri by out-of-state plaintiff on an out-of-state contract,because it agreed to accept service of process in Missouri

In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., Robert Mallory (a Virginia resident) sued his former employer, Norfolk Southern (a Virginia-based railroad), over his alleged exposure to...

In a much anticipated ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a Pennsylvania Supreme Court opinion that prohibited an out-of-state plaintiff from suing an out-of-state defendant for...

On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Pennsylvania law that requires companies to consent to being sued in its state courts as a condition of registering to do business there. In...

Can a state require a company, as a condition of doing business in the state, to consent to being sued there for any and all claims? In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 599 U.S....

(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.)