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Advice for the Representatives Considering Impeachment
The disconnect between the questioning of the Representatives in the Democratic majority and the Representatives in the Republican minority at yesterday’s impeachment hearings was stark. I do wish that the Republicans could take the long view and try to act in such a way that they will be accorded respect by students of history a……
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The Medellín Treaty: Electronic Transmission of Requests for Service
Usually when we talk about electronic means of service of process we are talking about the service of process itself. But in cases where the Hague Service Convention or the Inter-American Convention applies, there is another question: how does one central authority transmit the documents to be served to another central authority? The Conventions themselves……
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Case of the Day: Brown v. Tamas
The case of the day is Brown v. Tamas (Cal. Ct. App. 2019). Here is how the decision begins: The Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters sets the rules for service of judicial documents in foreign countries. When the Probate Code requires delivery of notice, as……
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Case of the Day: Finjan v. Zscaler
The case of the day is Finjan, Inc. v. Zscaler, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2019). It’s from early in 2019, but I missed it when it was issued. The case was a patent dispute. Finjan, a computer security company, sought the production of emails from Tim Warner, a British citizen living in the UK. The emails……