On January 14, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States issued Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S.Ct. 746, 760 (2014), which confirmed that “only a limited set of affiliations with a forum will render a defendant amenable to general jurisdiction.” Daimler sharply limits plaintiffs’ ability to engage in forum shopping because, absent “exceptional” circumstances, a plaintiff may sue in only three places: (1) the forum that has specific jurisdiction because the lawsuit stems from the defendant’s contacts with that forum; (2) the defendant’s place of incorporation; and (3) the defendant’s principal place of business. Read the Client Alert here.

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