U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Consent-By-Registration Statute In Asbestos Case

Mealey's (November 8, 2022, 2:00 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Corporations are not “babes in the woods” incapable of handling the same jurisdictional standards under which individuals operate, the U.S. Supreme Court heard today, but in response a railroad said that requiring jurisdiction as a condition of doing business in Pennsylvania wasn’t conducting consensual negotiations with businesses but coercing an outcome....