DANZIGER & DE LLANO, LLP, Appellant v. MORGAN VERKAMP LLC; FREDERICK M. MORGAN, JR., ESQUIRE; JENNIFER VERKAMP, ESQUIRE, 948 F.3d 124

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HOLDINGS: [1]-The district court properly dismissed a complaint filed by a law firm (the plaintiff) for lack of personal jurisdiction against another law firm (the defendant) because none of the plaintiff's six contract or intentional-tort claims arose out of or related to the defendant's activities in Pennsylvania, taking part in pre-complaint discovery was not a waiver where Pa. R. Civ. P. 4003.8 allowed a plaintiff to file a writ of summons under Pa. R. Civ. P. 1007 and seek discovery before filing a complaint, the defendant properly raised the personal-jurisdiction defense for the first time in its motion to dismiss, and the plaintiff conceded that it could refile in either Ohio or Texas.