Dozens of state and local governments have filed state-law tort suits in state courts around the United States collectively seeking billions of dollars in damages and other relief from major oil and natural gas producers for the alleged local effects of global warming and climate change. The potentially mind-boggling ramifications of allowing these proliferating climate-change […]
Under Pennsylvania law, companies that register to do business in that State are required to agree to appear in its courts on “any cause of action” filed against them. In other words, by registering to do business in Pennsylvania, a corporation is deemed to have consented to the State’s general (“all purpose”) jurisdiction. This means
Where can a company that offers its products nationwide—either directly through its own interactive website, or indirectly through a third-party online platform such as Amazon—be sued? This is the important, recurring, Internet-age, personal jurisdiction question that the petitioners in Photoplaza, Inc. v. Herbal Brands, Inc., No. 23-504, are asking the Supreme Court to decide. The certiorari
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Between 1985 and 1994, Larry Ebner wrote dozens of mostly short articles for Pest Management, the magazine published by the National Pest Management Association, which serves and represents the structural pest control industry. Here is a collection of those mostly out-of-date articles.
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