Law
Jurisdiction and Venue in Transnational Litigation
Quick fact
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.