This late-summer edition of Commercial Roundup features a notable ruling on personal jurisdiction, a pair of False Claims Act decisions, a couple of opinions tossing class certification orders, a 2-1 split in a securities fraud case (the dissent has the better end of it), a rare victory for plaintiffs in an action for unlawful maintenance
The U.S. Supreme Court today held that state and federal courts sitting in State A lack the power to compel someone who resides outside of State A to answer a lawsuit in State A unless the out-of-stater did something that caused harm in State A. Hurting a person who lives in State A won't do it. You pretty
The inventor from New Jersey, Thomas Sullivan, tried to charm a Tennessee company, Radio Systems, into paying him for a license to make and sell his invention. Radio Systems at length agreed to let Mr. Sullivan drop by to show them his device, which he called "Wedgit" and on which he held a U.S. Patent. But first he had to sign a Confidential