Jamie Sprague

Nation’s highest court rejects narrow causation test for specific jurisdiction and affirms requirement that forum contacts “relate to” the claim. In the 2017 case Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court, the United...more Nation’s highest court reverses California Supreme Court decision that extended the jurisdictional reach of state courts. In the 2016 case Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court (Anderson), the California Supreme Court...more Nation’s highest court agrees to hear appeal of a California Supreme Court case with far-reaching implications for personal jurisdiction. In the recently published opinion in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court...more The California Supreme Court’s recent opinion on specific jurisdiction may have far-reaching consequences for future actions brought in the state. In the recently published opinion in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior...more