Magistrate Judge Rejects Challenge To Pennsylvania Consent-By-Registration Law

Mealey's (February 16, 2021, 12:15 PM EST) -- PITTSBURGH — The majority of courts to have considered Pennsylvania’s consent-by-registration statute found it constitutional, and while it predates recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent on jurisdiction, it remains good law and contains no temporal limitation in this instance, a federal magistrate judge in Pennsylvania said Feb. 11 in recommending that the court deny two motions to dismiss filed in an asbestos case....