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
Nope. 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. When we talk about cargo ships, there’s a significant chance the name Hanjin is painted on the side. It’s among the biggest shippers on the seven seas,
Complete with screenshots!
Last spring, I did something that a cynic might call monumentally stupid: I published the recipe to the Secret Sauce of serving process abroad. Literally, a step-by-step guide to the procedure, right there for all to see.
“Are you out of your (expletive deleted) mind?” one of my close friends
Nope. 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 Japan is subject to the strictures of the Hague Service Convention, regardless of which U.S. or Canadian venue is hearing the matter.
There’s
Another real lifer here… why should you outsource your international work instead of keeping it within your firm’s cloistered walls? Simple. Because your clients will be better off if you go outside. Because you don’t know what you don’t know—and what you don’t know can’t be ascertained from a Westlaw search.
Bear with me.
[UPDATE, April 21, 2019… National Security Advisor Jonathan Bolton on Wednesday announced the Trump Administration’s decision to implement Title III: “Americans who have had their private and hard-earned property stolen in Cuba will finally be allowed to sue,” as quoted by the BBC and described further by the Miami Herald. Accordingly, the tsunami now
[It dawned on me during a commercial break in the second half of Super Bowl LI that the Fiat acquisition of Chrysler was never about Fiat. After all, you can only sell so many CinqueCentos in the North American market. What they really want to increase on American and Canadian roads is the sportier, cooler
I say all the time that we’re not building rockets here. But we are building a JetSki of sorts, and a sputtering JetSki means you’re not going to finish your jungle tour in time to make it back for the foam party at Señor Frog’s. Serving process in Mexico is subject to the
