Legal Question in Technology Law in California
Minimum contacts in re: web sites/internet
What is sufficient to establish jurisdiction, re minimum contacts, so that a web site in one state, accessed in another, can then be subject to suit in the state from which the site was accessed?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Minimum contacts in re: web sites/internet
This is still a bit of an open question but i think the majority of the authority would not allow such jurisdiction unless it could be shown that the page specifically targeted people in the other state.
Ken Koury
Kenneth P. Koury, Esq.
5807 Topanga Cyn Blvd., Suite G-201
Re: Minimum contacts in re: web sites/internet
The facts determine application of the law. A website that merely advertises is less likely to have to defend itself in a distant state than a website that collects email addresses or makes sales to customers in the forum state. Also, if the operation of a website causes harm in another state, the website owner and/or any other person using the website to express an opinion may have appear in the court of another state.
These issues are further complicated by the global nature of the Internet. If you are interested in further information about jurisdiction and venue, then you can email me or join a class I am teaching later this month at http://www.cleonline.com that specifically discusses questions of Internet jurisdiction.
Timothy J. Walton
Internet Attorney
1896 San Ramon Avenue
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