Knight Capital Partners Corp. v. Henkel AG & Co., KGaA

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

DAVID M. LAWSON, United States District Judge

The question presented by the defendant’s motion to dismiss is whether the *857conduct of Cedric Berthold, the defendant’s European Senior Vice President and General Manager, was connected enough to this District to establish specific personal jurisdiction over the defendant for the plaintiffs claims of tortious interference with its business expectancy and a breach of a non-disclosure agreement. According to the facts pleaded in the complaint, it was. Plaintiff Knight Capital Partners Corporation…