I often pose that scenario to litigators seeking to sue foreign companies here in the U.S. So what if you get good service and a default judgment… how are you going to collect on it if a foreign court doesn’t think the U.S. court has jurisdiction over their citizen?

An issue pondered far too seldom by American litigators.

Aaron, the answer is “maybe.” I think it depends on factors including: (1) CE’s perception of the quality of the foreign court; (2) how close CE thought the issue was; (3) issues about cost and delay; etc. One important point is that the standard that the Canadian court used to decide that it had personal jurisdiction is not necessarily the standard the Illinois court would use to decide whether the Canadian judgment was void if CE had defaulted. Courts disagree about the standard to be applied (I don’t know about Illinois specifically).