John Pinney

Nov 18, 2024 | psuvanguard.com | J.J. Christensen |John Pinney |Alex Wittwer |Adam Bruns

As I write this, it is currently one day before election night. I do not know who is going to win, and I am actually quite worn out from writing and thinking about politics. This is a very controversial time electorally though, and so I can’t reallyescape it. I don’t even want to escape it. I think being educated about politics and following it on any level is fundamentally important.

Sep 29, 2024 | psuvanguard.com | Sarah Applin |John Pinney |Jess McFadden |Matthew Andrews

On just about every block on Portland State’s campus, there is a shop, cafe, restaurant, friend or a person, who aids students and the overall community, while receiving their daily form(s) of caffeination. With this in mind, the Vanguard chose to highlight three incredible, local coffee shops within our campus community: Wild Rose Coffee, Olé Latte Coffee and Case Study Coffee Roasters.

Sep 22, 2023 | jdsupra.com | John Pinney

In a case issued on June 27, 2023, a divided Supreme Court decided another important personal jurisdiction case – Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 2023 WL 4187749. The principal issue was whether a foreign corporation that registers to do business in a state will be deemed to have consented to the personal jurisdiction of that state’s courts (and correspondingly the federal courts in the state for diversity cases).

Sep 21, 2023 | graydon.law | John Pinney

Supreme Court: Consent by Business Registration In a recent U.S. Supreme Court case, Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., the Court ruled that when foreign corporations register to do business in a state, they can be seen as consenting to that state’s personal jurisdiction. This means out-of-state companies might face legal actions in a state where they’re registered, even if the case has no direct ties to that state.

Sep 7, 2023 | psuvanguard.com | Macie Harreld |Matthew Andrews |Andrew Jankowski |John Pinney

American cultural and political hegemony is part and parcel of a nation founded on imperial colonization, a foundation upon which it has never stopped expanding. From Operation Condor to the nuclear testing on the Marshallese people, the displacement of millions during the war on terror and the ongoing colonialism waged on United States territories—like Puerto Rico and Guam—the U.S. empire ceaselessly prioritizes territorial and capital expansion over humanity.