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opinion, in which Judge Shedd and Judge Agee joined.
Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jennifer Ancona Semko, Edwin B.
including solicitations for illegal prescription drugs.
grossly attenuated contacts of its members with Virginia.
court in Virginia. Accordingly, we affirm.
drugs from an online pharmacy called "Canadian Pharmacy."
Chronopay, in turn, has contracts with various banks throughout the world to process Internet credit card transactions.
Baku, Azerbaijan; and Rietumu Bank, in Riga, Latvia.
the plaintiffs contend that the banks participation was essential to the conspiracy.
conspiracy, negligence, and unjust enrichment.
it granted the plaintiffs leave to file a third amended complaint within 14 days, but the plaintiffs elected not to file one.
discovery that they had conducted to bolster their position.
nature of the banks contacts with the forum.
had personal jurisdiction over the four foreign banks.
prescription drugs or fill the orders with counterfeit drugs.
conspiracy that violates U.S. and Virginia law.
long arm statute and thus over the pharmacists coconspirators.
critical resources within the United States and causes widespread harm to American consumers."
and speculative activity connects the Banks to Virginia.
357 U.S. 235, 253 (1958); see also Burger King Corp. v.
Cir. 2002) (internal quotation marks and alteration omitted).
that defendant to a judgment. See J. McIntyre Mach., Ltd. v.
States courts to subject him to judgment").
in Virginia. Indeed, there is no evidence that any drug transactions involving the plaintiffs were connected by intermediaries to these banks.
create a website and send information over the Internet").
Santibanes, 430 F.3d 221, 229 (4th Cir. 2005); McLaughlin v.
Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, 115 F.3d 1020, 1031 (D.C.
furtherance of the conspiracy" (internal quotation marks omitted)).
an Internet conspiracy to deal illegally in prescription drugs.
Chronopay was actually involved in Does transaction.
to monitor their merchants and "terminate merchants obviously engaged in illegal activity."
the presentation of credit card transactions to banks for collection through the Visa network in the ordinary course of business.
(noting the "common plan" requirement) (quoting First Chicago Intl v. United Exch. Co., 836 F.2d 1375, 1378 (D.C.
establishing a conspiracy theory of personal jurisdiction.
Factory", 283 F.3d 208, 215 (4th Cir. 2002).
constitute a violation of the Due Process Clause. Saudi v.
Northrop Grumman Corp., 427 F.3d 271, 275 (4th Cir. 2005).
confined to issues of personal jurisdiction should it conclude that such discovery will be a fishing expedition") (cited in Carefirst of Md., Inc. v.
Carefirst Pregnancy Ctrs., Inc., 334 F.3d 390, 403 (4th Cir. 2003)).

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