The Underappreciated Importance of Personal Jurisdiction in Delaware’s Success

In an article to be published this Spring in the DePaul Law Review, I argue that Delaware’s position as the center of corporate litigation has been rooted in two unique but unconstitutional approaches to personal jurisdiction over fiduciaries. Until Delaware …

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The Myth of Director Consent: After Shaffer, Beyond Nicastro

In an article just published in the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, I argue that Delaware’s implied-consent-to-jurisdiction statute is unconstitutional. That statute, Section 3114, is routinely invoked to assert personal jurisdiction over virtually every nonresident director and officer defendant in …

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