Carefirst of Maryland, Inc. v. Carefirst Pregnancy Centers, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “[e]ven a single contact may be sufficient to create jurisdiction when the cause of action arises out of that single contact”
• noting that Zippo \first enunciated that court's influential `sliding scale' model\ for applying personal jurisdiction requirements to electronic commerce
• noting that Zippo “first enunciated that court’s influential ‘sliding scale’ model” for applying personal jurisdiction requirements to electronic commerce
• holding that district court lacked personal jurisdiction over defendant that maintained semi-interactive website that did not target the forum state and encouraged “anyone, anywhere [to] make a donation” either through the website or over the phone
• explaining that personal jurisdiction is proper when the defendant directed business activities at the forum state
• holding that district courts have broad discretion in resolving discovery disputes and that “[w]hen a plaintiff offers only speculation or conclusory assertions about contacts with a forum state, a court is within its discretion in denying jurisdictional discovery”

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