We ain’t building rockets here. But we are building a ship of sorts, and a leaky hull means the cruise ship might not get you to that cabana sheltered rum drink you’ve been craving. Serving process in the British Virgin
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
[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
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
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
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.
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
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,
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
