It happens all the time.
I’ll give a lecture or mention what I do at a bar association event, and the colleague I just met will
Serving Overseas: Estate Planning Litigation
Cuba Litigation under Helms-Burton Title III? You still have to properly serve.
[UPDATE, May 3, 2019… The tsunami now begins. Title III of the Helms-Burton Act has been implemented.]
With all the fanfare this month over the government shutdown and the Kansas City Chiefs’ coin-toss defeat in the AFC Championship, a little-noticed story
Proof of Hague Service and Timing
One of the odd quirks about serving an offshore defendant is the very routine possibility that plaintiff’s counsel could be contacted by the defense before a foreign authority notifies anyone that service has even been effected. A hypo, to illustrate…
Dieter from Düsseldorf signs a contract with Pete from Peoria to supply Pete’s company with
It’s called the Supremacy Clause for a reason.
A few weeks back, a personal injury lawyer in Memphis* called to ask how he could serve a defendant in Switzerland.** I told him that the Swiss have a fairly straightforward view of the Hague Service Convention, and
Short and Plain… Magic, Money-Saving Words
It’s been a while since Civ Pro class, so here’s a quick FRCP refresher. A claim for relief– which is to say, just about any complaint filed in federal court– has to be short. And plain. See Rule 8.
Rule
Hague Certificates and deference to foreign interpretation of foreign law
Another hat tip to Ted Folkman for pointing out a great “Case of the Day” last summer. Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. (S. Ct. 2018) was handed down in June, and at
Due Diligence: Make Offshore Companies Prove Themselves
One of the biggest challenges in serving offshore defendant companies is ensuring that they’re properly named (see Always Name Your Defendant Entity Correctly). Closely connected to that issue is the defendant’s address– simply put, if you don’t know where they are,
Clearing up (hopefully) UK/British Isles confusion
Two nights ago, my wife and I returned home from an all-too-brief visit to Scotland. The daughter of some old friends got married in a beautiful ceremony in front of stunning seaside views, and then we traveled across the country
How to Serve Process in Scotland (updated 2025)
[Scotland is, without question, my favorite country to visit, and I’ve been coming since college. Nice people here.]
Most of us in the U.S. have a fairly cinematic image of Scotland in our heads– usually something to do
MtGox: Doubt Hague applicability
An interesting story hit the blogosphere a couple of weeks ago (see “MtGox’s US customers try to find Mark Karpeles” over at the FinanceFeeds blog). I won’t pretend to understand the mechanics of the case discussed– the Bitcoin phenomenon and the MtGox security breach lie far outside my