Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal addressed an emerging jurisdictional phenomenon on Wednesday. Can a national company bring suit in its home state against telecommuting employees from other jurisdictions?

The question proved pivotal when Fort Lauderdale-based tech company Citrix Systems Inc. sued seven former employees who worked from North Carolina. It is yet to be definitively answered, but the court ruled that a forum-selection clause wasn’t enough to establish personal jurisdiction in Florida — an issue the court said is becoming “an increasingly common factual scenario” as local companies grow their digital footprint and increasingly employ out-of-state staff.

Judge Robert M. Gross. Photo: Melanie Bell/ALM.

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