Upon receiving a motion to dismiss for lack of territorial jurisdiction, a legal team must immediately conduct a thorough analysis of the factual record to identify all possible connections—such as the defendant's business activities, contract performance, or tortious actions—to the forum, and then swiftly craft a legal opposition arguing that these connections satisfy the state's long-arm statute and constitutional due process requirements by demonstrating the defendant purposefully availed itself of the forum, thereby making it fair and reasonable to require them to defend the case there.
