Shortly after I hung out my shingle, I posted that defense counsel should always question the validity of Hague Service. Why?
Specious arguments from opposing counsel– and the critical need to argue.
What happens on the back end of Hague service?
Whenever I receive a Hague Service Certificate from a foreign authority, I pass it along to my client with a few pieces of advice– all sketched out in various blog posts. This is merely a consolidation of a few things to keep in mind on the back end of Hague service…
A Hague-compliant roadmap for service on “Schedule A” defendants.
Just getting the address right is only half the battle, y’all.
A huge hat tip to my friend and fellow law blogger, Ted Folkman, for his Case of the Day post last week about Peanuts Worldwide v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A (N.D. Ill. 1:23-cv-02965).* He very deftly connected the dots
How to Serve Process in the Dominican Republic
This is penned on July 9, 2024, well in advance of the Dominican Republic’s implementation of the Hague Service Convention. It will be revised in total on October 1 when the Convention enters into force.
If the action can wait until then… wait, because for the moment, the Convention’s lack of force is at
How to Serve Process in Costa Rica
Rich Coast. Delicious Coast. Abundant Coast. However you want to translate Costa Rica into English, it conjures images of palm trees and stunning beaches and lush interior rainforest. And parrots. Lots and lots of parrots. I have a friend who spends a month down there every winter, and who can blame him?
But there’s quite
How to Serve Process in Panama
Ordinarily, a how-to guide like this would lay out methodology for the application of the Hague Service Convention. But Panama isn’t party to the Hague Service Convention, so that idea goes out the window. This is at once a blessing and a curse.
It’s a blessing
… because you aren’t tied to a method
Your Hague Request is on file. Now what?
Congratulations. Your USM-94 has arrived and you’ve fulfilled your obligation relative to the Hague Service Convention. Whether you’re a client who has retained us to file an Article 5 Request on your behalf with a foreign government, or you’ve used the Hague Envoy platform, or you’re one of those intrepid do-it-yourself* practitioners who has decided
Extra time to answer when served via Hague channels? Not on your life.
Another frequently asked question we get here at Viking Advocates is how much extra time an overseas defendant gets to answer.
A very easy reply: None. Nada, zip, zero, zilch.
But opposing counsel contends that they get 90 days because of the Hague Service Convention, says my client.
Ahem, no, says me.
The Convention
Weight loss drugs and service in Denmark
Latest trend in litigation nationwide: Danish pharmaceutical manufacturer Novo Nordisk and its subsidiaries, sued in the United States for dramatically adverse effects of Ozempic and Wegovy. At issue is the relative safety of two medications that were originally approved for treating different yet closely related (diabetes and cardiovascular recovery) maladies, but have been found dramatically
Rule 4(d), offshore fee-shifting, and a really crummy precedent.
(Hat tip to Ted Folkman, for whom Gurung v. Molhatra is a White Whale. This issue is one of mine, for similarly frustrating reasons.)
Remember that legal analysis hierarchy they told us about as 1L’s? In order of authority: