Court Lacks Personal Jurisdiction Over Trade Secrets Suit, Judge Rules

Mealey's (September 14, 2017, 2:44 PM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — A federal district court in Minnesota lacks general or specific personal jurisdiction over claims in a misappropriation of trade secrets lawsuit because none of the defendants have any meaningful connection to Minnesota, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled Sept. 12 in granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss and transferring the action to a California federal court (NexGen HBM Inc., et al. v. ListReports Inc., et al., No. 16-3143, D. Minn., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147033)....