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Jurisdiction and Venue in Transnational Litigation

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In the landmark U.S. case Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court, the Supreme Court ruled that a Japanese company's mere awareness that its products might reach California was not enough to establish jurisdiction there, even though the product was sold worldwide.

Why this is interesting

You order a product from a foreign website, and it breaks. Can you sue the seller in your home court? The answer is far from simple.