The vast majority of cases I work on are a lot like the material we read in law school. My Torts professor told us on more than one occasion that “there are real people behind every one of these cases.” My cases are no different.
She also
Litigators tend to get a bit skittish when treaty law creeps into lawsuits. And with good reason– most American lawyers come up against treaties only very rarely, and their effects can really harm the unaware.
[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
Set aside any opinions on the merits of the Steele Dossier story– this is not a political commentary. It is is a high profile illustration of something I’ve been preaching for a long time. And it just so happens that
Thinking back to Business Organizations class (because calling it “Corporations” doesn’t go far enough), one of the most important lessons I picked up was the importance of properly naming defendants in a lawsuit.* Just as you wouldn’t call a defendant Daniel when her name is Danielle, don’t
Peggy and I just took a time warp to 1882. No, really. We are on board the schooner Grace Bailey for a bit of a break from Kansas City’s brutal July weather. All week, we’ll be sailing, sailing, over the bounding main (whatever that is), but not accessible to handle client needs. If
Ninety days. That’s how long you have to serve your defendant, counsel. If you don’t get it done, your case is dismissed.
Put another way… cross a certain line on the calendar without progress, and your claim is dead.
Ah, but wait! The defendant is overseas, and
The lessons they tried to hammer into us as 1L’s were incredibly revealing. They told us a lot about the professor doing the teaching, and even more about the practice. My favorite one: behind each of these cases you’re reading is a
Our handy-dandy “How to Serve Process in China” guide has been posted for quite some time. Pretty straightforward stuff, given that the Chinese declarations to the Hague Service Convention eliminate Article 10’s alternative methods from the equation. There’s only one way to get
My family is populated on both sides by blue-collar workers and farmers, going way back to the Old Country (ie: various parts of northern Europe). Part of the ethos I gained from all four of my grandparents is “fix the damned thing yourself.”
Put another way,
