The Validity of Personal Jurisdiction Defenses: Two Different Cases, Two Different Conclusions by Illinois Appellate Courts

Background Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746, 761-62 (2014) was a tectonic event in analysis of the personal jurisdiction defense. The opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court and subsequent Illinois appellate courts’ decisions regarding personal jurisdiction that followed represent aftershocks that continue to shape and change personal jurisdiction analysis in Illinois. Two recent […]