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
Short and Plain… Magic, Money-Saving Words
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
[Dateline: Pittenweem, in the Kingdom of Fife. I’m in Scotland this week, having just attended the wedding of the daughter of some old friends. This is, without question, my favorite country to visit, and I’ve been coming
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
Serving Overseas: Trademark & Trade Dress Infringement
[Author’s Note: In a bit of sad irony, my initial draft of this post was written just as news of Kate Spade’s suicide broke on June 5th. Honestly, I knew very little
Serving Overseas: Copyright Infringement
[Author’s note: this is the latest in a continuing series of commentary on practice-area-specific applications of the Hague Service Convention and other doctrines of international law governing service abroad– not only service of process, but other notices and orders as well. The obvious irony here is that I’m using two images of the great actor
Serving Overseas: Patent Infringement
[Author’s note: this is the latest in a continuing series of commentary on practice-area-specific applications of the Hague Service Convention and other doctrines of international law governing service abroad– not only service of process, but other notices and orders as well.]
It happens all the time. I’ll give a lecture or mention what I do
Twitter Service Hits the Bigtime
Two years ago, I wrote about the “coming of age,” if you will, of service by electronic means. Well, the idea just hit the bigtime with service on Wikileaks via Twitter.
Setting aside questions about properly identified defendants (read: properly named entities and individuals associated with them), his one seems to fit squarely