A personal jurisdiction refresher

Written By Patricia Sallen
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Don't often deal with personal jurisdiction? Me neither. A new Arizona Court of Appeals opinion -- Wal-Mart v. LeMaire -- presents a very nice little primer on the topic. The specific holding is that foreign corporations don't impliedly consent to general jurisdiction in this state just by registration as foreign corporations and appointing agents for service of process. Unless the Arizona Supreme Court usurps it for some reason, this is a good case to squirrel away in a research file.

Patricia Sallen
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