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In a suit filed by investors in an apparent pyramid scheme, a district court for the District of Columbia held an interactive but non-service website, attracting a single identified customer, insufficient to establish continuous and systemic contacts for general personal jurisdiction over a United Kingdom corporation. The Court further found insufficient minimum contacts relating to the investment scheme for either specific jurisdiction, conspiracy jurisdiction, or RICO jurisdiction. Read more » about District Court Declines to Exercise Personal Jurisdiction over Foreign Corporation Hosting Interactive but Non-Service Website