Lex Tex Ltd., Inc. v. Skillman

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that the government contacts principle did not apply because the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the District did not threaten either party’s First Amendment rights
• holding out-of-state lawyer was \transacting business\ by representing out-of-state client in District
• holding out-of-state lawyer was “transacting business” by representing out-of-state client in District
• describing a certified question from the D.C. Circuit regarding the application of the government contacts exception as a question asking us to “interpret the District of Columbia ‘long-arm’ statute”
• government contacts exception not applicable where defendant lawyers had no first amendment interest stemming from the legal representation of a client before Patent Office

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