Call Me This And Call Me That, But Call Yourself. . .Outside The Jurisdiction Of California.

In a Facebook spat between skin care product competitors, one sued the other for defamation. Plaintiff resides in California, but defendant does not. The appellate court held that posting defamatory statements about another person on Facebook, “while knowing that person resides in the forum state, is insufficient in itself to create the minimum contacts necessary to support specific personal jurisdiction in a lawsuit arising out of that posting.” Burdick v. Sup. Ct. (John Sanderson) (January 14, 2015) 233 Cal.App.4th 8, [183 Cal.Rptr.3d 1].)