CLE Course: Drafting to Avoid Litigation Tourism After Mallory: State Registration Risk, Controlling Forum, Leveraging Arbitration

Michael James Maloney will be participating as a speaker on a CLE panel, “Drafting to Avoid Litigation Tourism After Mallory: State Registration Risk, Controlling Forum, Leveraging Arbitration,” on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 1pm ET. Joining Michael will be Nicholas Ellis, a partner at Foley & Lardner LLP.

This CLE webinar will explore how Mallory v. Norfolk Southern reshaped personal jurisdiction and why counsel must revisit the calculus of where an organization could face litigation. With plaintiffs increasingly testing consent-by-registration theories, and legislatures experimenting with new jurisdictional hooks, this panel will:

• Navigate best practices for drafting forum protection, mitigating registration-driven jurisdictional risk, and controlling venue in a post-Mallory landscape.
• Discuss practical drafting guidance to strengthen forum selection clauses, align them with arbitration agreements as a first-line defense, and anticipate enforcement fights.
• Review consent-by-registration theories and how to assess exposure on a state-by-state basis.

The event is hosted by BARBRI. For more information or to register, click here.