Fundamental Innovation Systems International LLC v. LG Electronics, Inc. et al, No. 2:16-cv-01425 (E.D. Tex. Feb. 13, 2018)

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On January 3, 2018, Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne issued an opinion and order denying the LG defendants’ motion to transfer this case to the District of New Jersey, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Dkt. No. 104. The basis of Magistrate Judge Payne’s opinion was that the LG defendants had not met their threshold burden of establishing that the District of New Jersey would have had personal jurisdiction over one of the defendants, LG Electronics Alabama, Inc. (“LG Alabama”). Id. 3-6; see In re Volkswagen AG (Volkswagen I), 371 F.3d 201, 203 (5th Cir.