In a single day last week, Week Ten of America’s Covid-19 quarantine, I fielded essentially the same oddly segmented inquiry from three different lawyers across the country. A rather disconcerting inquiry, to say the least.
“Hey, Aaron. I’ve got an overseas defendant to serve. I’ve talked to some process servers who tell me that you
Every once in a while, a colleague will call me with a story similar to this one:
“A client just walked into my office three days ago with what looks to be a rock-solid case. We can establish duty, breach, causation, and damages*
Civil defendants in federal court are obliged to waive service. All of them, with the notable exception of various governments. I give you Rule 4(d)(1):
An individual, corporation, or association that is subject to service under Rule 4(e), (f)
In order for the Hague Service Convention (HSC) to govern the legal formalities of notifying defendants of claims against them, you’ve got to know where the defendant can be found. An address is critical to service anywhere, on any
No, really. I’ve argued ’til I’m blue in the face that Hague mail service is a bad idea. Sure, it might be perfectly valid from a legal perspective, but factually… oy vey, you got problems, friend.
But even the legal perspective just became murky. A few minutes ago, I got an email from the
A couple of years ago, I posited in “Removal and the Timing of Hague Service Convention Requests, Real World” that not only must service be effected properly, but the contents of the service packet had to be
We ain’t building rockets here. But we are building a ship of sorts, and a leaky vessel means the cargo may not make it to its destination. Serving process in Malta is subject to the strictures of the Hague Service Convention, regardless of
Last week, in “Wrong reasoning, right result?“ I ranted a bit– criticizing the latest in a nationwide string of wrong decisions involving FRCP 4(f)(3). At issue: whether courts can authorize service by email on defendants located in Hague Service Convention countries that object to
Just off Australia’s east coast lies a gorgeous chain of islands known today in large measure for its huge population of Elves, Orcs, and Dwarves (and one very grumpy little fellow). Before New Zealander Peter Jackson filmed his Lord
The question mark in that headline only applies to half of the headline.
The result might be correct, depending on facts not articulated in the order, but the logic behind N.D. Ohio’s
