Defense Control USA, Inc. v. Atlantis Consultants Ltd.

Defense Control USA, Inc. (“DCUSA”), a Texas corporation, appeals a non-final circuit court order denying its motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The motion to dismiss was directed to an amended complaint by the appellee, Atlantis Consultants Limited Corp., asserting various claims against DCUSA and a related Luxembourg corporation identified as Defense Control, Inc. (“DCI”). 1 DCUSA maintained that it was never a party to the “Independent Consultant Agreement” among “Defense Control and its subsidiaries” and Atlantis; that Atlantis failed to allege any basis for long-arm…