Comments on: Case of the Day: RPost Holdings, Inc. v. Kagan

By: Case of the Day: Carson v. Griffin | Letters Blogatory

Case of the Day: Carson v. Griffin | Letters Blogatory — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 22:08:08 +0000

[…] each of these defendants via email using RPost’s service. You may remember RPost from the case of the day of February 7, 2012, in which RPost was the plaintiff and used its own email technology to effect […]

By: Case of the Day: NYKCool v. Pacific International Services | Letters Blogatory

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 03:24:06 +0000

[…] In short, this is an easy case. Noboa ran afoul of the rule for lawyers when trying to duck service: run silent, run deep: […]

By: Case of the Day: Cabrera v. Kosan Crisplant | Letters Blogatory

Case of the Day: Cabrera v. Kosan Crisplant | Letters Blogatory — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:11:04 +0000

[…] then hire a lawyer and make your arguments. But if you would take a default judgment, then run silent, run deep. You will want to preserve your ability to argue, in your local court, that the US judgment is void […]

By: Case of the Day: DRM Contract Administration v. Proton Technologies | Letters Blogatory

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 23:37:16 +0000

[…] note on strategy. It is sometimes advisable for companies in Protonmail’s position to “run silent, run deep,” or in other words, simply to ignore the proceedings altogether. Of course, you take the […]

By: Case of the Day: Bunce v. Glock, Inc. | Letters Blogatory

Case of the Day: Bunce v. Glock, Inc. | Letters Blogatory — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 14:12:09 +0000

[…] then that lawyer is an easy and natural target for a motion for leave to serve by alternate means. Run silent, run deep. But then the defendant runs a risk of a default judgment and has to be pretty darn confident that […]

By: Case of the Day: Yates v. Cheung | Letters Blogatory

Case of the Day: Yates v. Cheung | Letters Blogatory — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:15:29 +0000

[…] method of service is clearly insufficient, then the foreign defendant’s best move is to run silent, run deep. Seeking dismissal where the service was clearly improper just exposes you to service through your […]

By: “You Have One New Lawsuit”: Can You Serve Legal Notice Through Social Media? | Socially Aware Blog

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:31:32 +0000

[…] those more traditional means. And third, some means of Internet communication enable senders to confirm electronically that their messages have been opened or received by the intended […]

By: Case of the Day: United States v. Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL | Letters Blogatory

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:01:48 +0000

[…] to the US lawyers who had submitted the claims in the in rem action on their behalf. I’ve frequently reported on cases where a US lawyer surfaces for a foreign defendant in a lawsuit for one reason or another […]

By: Ted Folkman

Ted Folkman — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:14:27 +0000

In reply to David Wall. Thanks, David, for commenting! You ask why someone trying to hide would have a lawyer respond at all to the plaintiff. It happens more often than you would think. I believe the reason that it happens is that lawyers don't realize that the court can authorize service by alternate means, which can mean service on the lawyers themselves!

By: David Wall

David Wall — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:00:23 +0000

That is a funny story. Why would someone trying to hide respond at all?

I’m glad that RPost was able to use their cool email technology, too. That’s justice!