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• Managing U.S.-Canada Cross-Border Litigation ( June 2005 )
  J. Brian Casey of Baker & McKenzie, LLP

  All project planning involves the setting of defined goals, their scheduling and control. The difficulty with litigation, unlike any other commercial project, is the existence of an opponent who is seeking to defeat your plans at every step. As originally stated by Helmuth von Moltke "no plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy's main strength."

• The Ninth Circuit to Look at Internet Jurisdiction: Does Business Conducted in Cyberspace Satisfy the Requirements of Continuous and Systematic Contact? ( May 2004 )
  Nixon Peabody LLP

  On April 29, 2004, upon the vote of a majority, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a reconsideration of the ruling in <i>Gator.com Corp. v. L.L. Bean, Inc.</i>, reopening the question of whether maintaining an interactive Web site and advertising on the Internet can make a party subject to a court's jurisdiction. This decision may affect airlines and aviation related companies which sell their products and services via their Web sites.

• March 2004 Insurance Law Alert ( March 2004 )
  Nixon Peabody LLP

  This issue contains articles on asbestos claims against Crown Cork & Seal, barred coverage for losses incurred from substandard steel, Alabama's jurisidiction over Cayman Island complaints, and Halliburton's Asbestos Bankruptcy Plan.

• Standards for Internet Jurisdiction ( January 1999 )
  Christopher  Wolf of Proskauer Rose LLP

  The Internet is an interstate and international medium. But does operating a Web Site mean that the operator is subject to personal jurisdiction in courts wherever the Site is accessible? The answer obviously is no. This outline describes the types of activity that likely will permit a court to exercise personal jurisdiction over an Internet actor, consistent with the due process clause of the United States Constitution.

• Jurisdiction in Cyberspace ( December 2000 )
  Warren E. Agin of Swiggart & Agin, LLC

  This paper reviews the legal risks businesses face when conducting transactions over the internet and examines the emerging themes of these risks in business planning.

• Internet Contacts Insufficient to Confer Personal Jurisdiction ( August 1999 )
  Julianne R. Davis of Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung & Stenzel, LLP

  In a case of first impression in the District of Oregon, Judge Aiken ruled that defendants' interactive Internet We.

• U.S. Negotiation of Foreign Patent Licenses May Mean a Foreign Corporation Places Itself Within U.S. Court Jurisdiction ( August 1999 )
  Carl G. Love of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  A recent decision by a U.S. district court seems to ignore the realities of international contract negotiations an.

• Enforcement of Judgments ( March 1999 )
  State Department

  Publication from the United States Department of State regarding the enforcement of foreign judgments.

• Thelen Reid Report No. 371: Commercial Users Of The Internet Can Find Themselves Defending Lawsuits In Unexpected Places ( August 1997 )
  Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

  This article discusses the possibility that personal jurisdiction may be granted in distant states may be exercised if the business have a consumer web presence in that distant state.