[Shamu]

> (in particular they could sue you in a location where the cost of travel would be expensive and if you ignored it they get a default judgement, or sue you in both state & federal courts for slightly different things and drown you in legal costs)

"This past June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that plaintiffs cannot sue companies in a state where they may do business, but do not have significant connections to that state."

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California (BMS)

https://www.andruswagstaff.com/blog/supreme-court-rules-plai...

[throwawayHN378]

If I’m not mistaken the lawsuit can be filed but you can win a challenge to jurisdiction. But in order to challenge jurisdiction you need to hire a bar certified attorney in that jurisdiction… thus defeating the point

[voakbasda]

Conclusion: only the lawyers ever win.

[emteycz]

Huh, you can't defend yourself?

[wyldfire]

Yes, you can. But then you'd need to appear...

obtw there's serious risk of trying to defend a suit yourself. Maybe the judge would take pity on you and grant a continuance for you to find counsel.

[gambiting]

So what would happen if an American company that owns the .net domain sued me, a Polish citizen, who owns a .com domain, for that domain? My contract for the domain is with a Polish provider, surely it would have to go through a Polish court, no?

[ev1]

I'm under the impression that all .com is US jurisdiction, considering that they trivially seize them and VeriSign/the owner of the .com registry is a US company

[yumraj]

OP used the word "Solicitor" so am assuming they are not in the US.

[DonHopkins]

Or he could be a boy scout.

"Don't solicit for your sister, that's not nice. Unless you get a good percentage of her price." -Tom Lehrer, Be Prepared

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkrheaWuShU