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Case of the Day: Water Splash v. Menon
The case of the day is Water Splash v. Menon (S. Ct. 2017). The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, put to rest the circuit split about whether Article 10(a) of the Hague Service Convention permits service of process by mail. Happily, the state and federal courts in the United States are all now on……
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Case of the Day: Amirit Technologies v. HTN Wireless
The case of the day is Amirit Technologies, Inc. v. HTN Wireless, Inc. (D.N.J. 2017). Amirit, a New Jersey telecommunications firm, sued HTN and one of Amirit’s former employees, Syed Muneeb Arshad. Amirit sought to serve process on Arshad in Connecticut unsuccessfully. HTN’s counsel told Amirit that Arshad was living in Pakistan. His address, though,……
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Case of the Day: Development Specialists v. Li
I cannot recommend today’s case of the day, Development Specialists, Inc. v. Li (In re Coudert Bros. LLP) (S.D.N.Y. 2017), highly enough. It’s an excellent piece of work by Judge Kenneth M. Karas, a rare tour de force through FRCP 4 and its interplay with the Service Convention. Coudert Brothers, a New York law firm,……
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Case of the Day: In re Takata
The case of the day is In re Takata (S.D. Fla. 2017). The Takata multi-district litigation is the case involving allegedly defective Takata air bags. One of the defendants was BMW, the German automaker. The plaintiffs sought to serve process via the Hague Service Convention, but the Regional Court in Munich refused to serve the……
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The Supreme Court, Service of Process, and Legal History: Part 3 of a Letters Blogatory Polemic
This is the third and final post in my series on service of process and legal history. I encourage you to read the first and second posts! Why am I writing about ancient methods of service of process, and Supreme Court references to them? Here is my basic idea.