
This space hasn’t offered much about the biggest news in transnational litigation in years– a test of the validity of service by mail under Article 10(a) of the Hague Service Convention. Frankly, the outcome doesn’t much
Insight and commentary on the 1965 Hague Service Convention (among other Hague Conventions) and how it works for litigators in the United States and Canada.

This space hasn’t offered much about the biggest news in transnational litigation in years– a test of the validity of service by mail under Article 10(a) of the Hague Service Convention. Frankly, the outcome doesn’t much…
For the entire life of my firm, I’ve had a recurring theme in just about every blog I’ve posted: yes, counsel, you do have to translate that thing. Translation is almost always unavoidable if you want a realistic chance of collecting a judgment. But last summer, I offered some tips to limit the cost…

Much has been made lately of the Volkswagen “defeat device” scandal, and it seems to now encompass Audi as well. For the uninitiated, the un-refuted story is that VW programmed its diesel vehicles…
[Author’s Note: yes, things are still functioning in Israel despite the war in Gaza, with the obvious exception of service within Gaza itself. For defendants not located in the Palestinian territories, service is essentially business as usual.]
Serving process in Israel is subject to the strictures of the Hague Service Convention, regardless of which U.S.…

We’re not building rockets here. But we are building a ship of sorts, and a leaky vessel means the cargo may not make it to its destination. Serving process in Ireland is subject…

[Update, 2022: For a more academic view of this issue, see William S. Dodge, Substituted Service and the Hague Service Convention, 63 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1485 (2022). Oh, and FCA is no longer FCA, but I like the pun, so I…
Yes, counsel, you do have to translate that thing—at least, if you’re sending it to a non-English-speaking country. There are a couple that don’t require translation, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t still necessary. [Click here to see why.]
That said, getting a translation is not as simple as a Google search to…
Yes, counsel, you do have to translate that thing—at least, if you’re sending it to a non-English-speaking country. There are a couple that don’t require translation, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t still necessary. [Click here to see why.]
That said, getting a translation is not as simple as a Google search to…

Lawyers love analogies, and a good one tickled my brain as I listened to a bright young homebuilder speak during a panel discussion on entrepreneurship hosted recently by the Kansas City Business Journal. She talked about how vital it is to have the right subcontractors…

Update: see here for the NEW AND EXCLUSIVE way to serve in Austria, beginning September 12, 2020. The Hague Service Convention has entered into force in Austria. Its declarations are yet to be…