Nasser Beydoun v. Wataniya Restaurants Holding

OPINION

GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs sued plaintiff Nasser Beydoun’s former employer, Qatari-based Wataniya Restaurants Holding — along with Wataniya shareholders and members of the Wataniya board of directors — in federal district court in Michigan, alleging various causes of action based on events that took place after Beydoun’s employment as Wataniya’s CEO ended contentiously. The district court dismissed plaintiffs’ complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction. Because plaintiffs have failed to establish that their alleged causes of action proximately resulted from Wataniya’s contacts…