My practice area is a pretty goofy little niche, and explaining it to colleagues gets me into the occasional comedy of errors. Really, odd conversations tend to follow my CLE lectures.
Or bar association happy hours.
Or tours of farwaway legislative chambers.
It happens all the time. I’ll
I fielded an interesting phone call last week. It seems the caller rather enjoyed the august pages of my blog—thanks to a quick Google search on how to serve process in Italy—and rang me up to make sure he
Litigation is civilized combat.
That’s not my original thought, but forgive the lack of appropriate credit. I don’t recall where I first heard it.
Sure, it’s an oft-criticized concept– thinking of litigators as warriors, hired guns, Viking marauders, etc. But it offers perspective
A few months ago, I offered up a nightmare scenario to illustrate the importance of properly serving under the Hague Service Convention. After I mentioned it in a CLE lecture (about legal blogging, of all things), a colleague asked me
“So, Aaron, what kind of law do you handle?” ”
Anything in litigation that crosses a border.
“Oh. Immigration?” [After a few dozen times hearing that, I
“Right” is an arguable concept in this instance, but bear with me.
Among the alternative methods articulated in Article 10 of the Hague Service Convention is service by “postal channels.” In other words… good old mail service. That generally includes private couriers like FedEx, UPS, and DHL,
(Hint: foreign holidays trump the judge.)
The prevailing rule: a plaintiff’s lawyer has to get things done in
As if the earth-shattering scandal surrounding Volkswagen’s EPA “defeat device” were old news, we have become accustomed to story after story of the company’s wrongdoing. When the spotlight was cast on VW subsidiary Audi earlier this year, the story didn’t make many waves, seemingly because it was expected. If the parent did it, why
Your defendant is a foreign government. Or a foreign government
[Author’s note: one of our staff members is a Brazilian attorney. While it’s not necessary that Brazilian counsel be involved, Julie has been a great addition to our staff and has a fantastic rapport with the Central Authority down
