What is the test for establishing personal jurisdiction against a defendant who allegedly made defamatory statements on the internet?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Burdick v. Superior Court of Orange Cnty., 183 Cal.Rptr.3d 1, 233 Cal.App.4th 8 (Cal. App. 2015):
As summed up in Gorman v. Jacobs (E.D.Pa.2009) 597 F.Supp.2d 541, 548 : "Exercise of personal jurisdiction would also be proper over defendants who made allegedly defamatory statements on the Internet if the
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