ABA Internet Jurisdiction Project

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ABA Internet Jurisdiction Project

• Chicago-Kent College of Law
• Illinois Institute of Technology
• Henry H. Perritt, Jr., Dean Professor of Law
• Margaret G. Stewart, Professor of Law Reporter

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Introduction and overview

• Jurisdiction in a federal system
• Internet as a paradigm
• ABA Jurisdiction project themes and alternatives

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Jurisdiction in a federal system

• Affirmative assertion of jurisdiction state law
• Subject to due process constraints under federal
  constitution
• limits on adjudicatory jurisdiction under
  customary international law

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Internet as a paradigm

• Contract
• Compuserve v. Patterson
• Forum selection clauses
• Tort (AT, TM, Banking, Defamation)
• claim arises out of minimum contacts purposeful
  availment
• fair play and substantial justice

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Zippo continuum
P(j)
Zippo
Targeting
Intl Star Registry
Millenium
Cybersell
Contracts with residents knowing,
repeated exchange
Passive site
Interactive site
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ABA Internet Jurisdiction Project themes and
alternatives
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Additional issues

• Virtual employment
• Details of hybrid regulation
• minimum public law requirements
• backup enforcement by public agencies
• mechanisms for deference