SCOTUS: Daimler v. Bauman: Supreme Court Clarifies and Curtails General Jurisdiction

January 22, 2014

In Daimler AG v. Bauman the Supreme Court of the United States recently reiterated that courts may only exercise “general jurisdiction” over a foreign or out-of-state corporation when that corporation’s contacts with the forum state “are so ‘continuous and systematic’ as to render it essentially at home” there. In all but “exceptional case[s]” this test will likely be satisfied only if the forum State is where the defendant is incorporated or has its principal place of business.

CGR Memo - SCOTUS - Daimler v Bauman - Supreme Court Clarifies General Jurisdiction