Back in law school, I marveled at the most prevalent type of case discussed in Product Liability class… exploding
Phones, e-cigarettes, and exploding batteries.
Certain magic the Hague Service Convention lacks
How to Serve Process in Colombia (updated 2025)
Most of us in the U.S. have a fairly warped image of Colombia in our heads– usually something to do with cocaine or a big emerald the size of your hand. If it’s not Pablo Escobar in (pick
An Index of Hague Service Convention Countries… and a How-To Guide for Each
This blog carries a good many posts about country-specific procedures under the Hague Service Convention, and that’s completely intentional. But until now, there hasn’t been a consolidated list of them, easy to click and access. Here’s a handy index of “how to” posts for
Specific Hearing Dates and the Risk of Rejection
Due Process isn’t solely an American idea. It goes by other names in other countries (natural justice in Canada), but it is still a bedrock concept in most judicial systems that espouse fairness and the rule of law. Germany, in particular, views due process rights as
How to Serve Process in Greece… updated 2025.
My wife gives me incessant grief because I enjoy romantic comedies. I’m kind of a sap. One rom-com that I absolutely adore is My Life in Ruins, a fun
When to translate documents for Hague requests
An interesting quandary popped up a few weeks ago. My client (all of my clients are fellow lawyers) told me that he’d just received the translations of the documents he
How to Serve Process in the United States (for Canadian litigators– updated 2024)
Rules, Britannia. Britannia rules the *ways*… to serve there.
Pardon the very esoteric pun. For the uninitiated, see here. You know the tune. But most of us Yanks don’t know the words:
Rule, Britannia!
Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.
Bear with
How to Serve Process in Spain (updated 2025)
Once we get past the romantic mental images of bullfights and Picasso, or of Hemingway running through cobbled streets in a white shirt & red scarf, Spain is rightly seen as a highly industrialized society– one with many of the same problems shared by its Mediterranean neighbors, and much of the same sunny, sophisticated allure.