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Reliance on Non-Lawyers– Especially Foreign Non-Lawyers

By Aaron Lukken on August 8, 2018
Posted in Aaron's Rants, Service of Process Abroad

The mind just reels.  I’m in England at the moment, and an England issue has come up that I cannot bear yet again without a rant.  Forgive me…

Lawyers, stop taking legal advice from non-lawyer process servers.  Just stop it.  That goes double for non-lawyer process servers in other countries.

Seriously– it’s like an…

You can’t contract away Hague restrictions, unless…

By Aaron Lukken on June 12, 2018
Posted in Aaron's Rants, Service of Process Abroad
This guy *still* can’t serve for you in China.  Even if a contract says so. (Chengsbroethers, via Wikimedia Commons.)

An interesting case popped up on my newsfeed this afternoon (hat tip to Hwan Kim, writing for Sheppard Mullins’ Construction and Infrastructure Law Blog): Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia) VII v. Changzhou…

DIY it in-house, or outsource it?

By Aaron Lukken on May 7, 2018
Posted in Aaron's Rants, General, Transnational Litigation Planning
Jayess, via Wikimedia Commons.

My family is populated on both sides by blue-collar workers and farmers, going way back to the Old Country (ie: various parts of northern Europe).  Part of the ethos I gained from all four of my grandparents is “fix the damned thing yourself.”

Put another way,…

International Law and Immigration Law ARE NOT THE SAME THING

By Aaron Lukken on March 26, 2018
Posted in Aaron's Rants, Immigration
NASA photo.

A huge segment of the legal community thinks that international law equals immigration law.  My local bar association even conflates the two ideas in its committee structure, which is so baffling that both the international lawyers and the immigration lawyers in town have given up trying to convince everybody…

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Aaron became fascinated by international issues as an Army brat in the late 1970s, when his father was stationed at NATO Headquarters (SHAPE) in Belgium. His family’s three years abroad sparked a fascination with foreign cultures, languages, and politics, and eventually… international law.

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