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Litigation

Jul. 25, 2001

Jurisdictional Reach

Foreign companies may often do business in the United States through corporate subsidiaries or affiliates. Where U.S. plaintiffs seek judicial relief against such foreign parent companies, the question often arises whether those parent companies are amenable to suit in the U.S. forum by virtue of their subsidiaries' or affiliates' contacts with the forum.

        By Peter S. Selvin
        
        Foreign companies may often do business in the United States through corporate subsidiaries or affiliates. Where U.S. plaintiffs seek judicial relief against such foreign parent companies, the question often arises whether those parent companies are amenable to suit in the U.S. forum by virtue o...

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