On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a major decision on the scope of personal jurisdiction for businesses, providing clarity on where a corporation can expect to be haled into court and potentially limiting forum-shopping.

The decision can offer legal departments welcome predictability and limits when it comes to where companies should be expected to go on the defensive, according to attorneys, including a prominent in-house lawyer from GlaxoSmithKline.

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