Universal Says Bob Marley Antitrust Suit Belongs In UK

By Christopher Norton

Law360, New York (February 09, 2010, 7:05 PM ET) -- Universal Music Group International Ltd. has asked a court to toss all claims against it in a rival's suit alleging the recording company has used its size to block the distribution of a Bob Marley album, citing lack of personal jurisdiction.

UMGI is a foreign company whose contacts with California are nearly nonexistent, such that subjecting it to personal jurisdiction would not comport with the due process clause of the Constitution, the music label said in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California...
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