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Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court held that due process restricts a state court's power to exercise "general" jurisdiction to hear any and all claims against a defendant. General jurisdiction exists only where the defendant is "at home."
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled a willingness to place limits on where corporations can be sued in a dispute involving drug maker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, a potential setback to plaintiffs' lawyers who try to bring suits in friendly courts. The justices heard arguments in Bristol-Myers' appeal of a California Supreme Court ruling allowing that state's courts to hear claims related to its blood-thinning medication Plavix even though most plaintiffs do not live in the state and the company is not based there.