Tag: service by mail

  • The Curse of TracFone

    Holy cow! TracFone is back in the Southern District of Florida. The first time we considered a TracFone case, I called the judge’s decision “one of those rare cases that is so wrong that I hope it does not get into the F. Supp.2d, so as to avoid misleading lawyers.” The second time, I wrote……

  • Case of the Day: Dierig v. Lees Leisure Industries

    The case of the day, Dierig v. Lees Leisure Industries, Ltd. (E.D. Ky. 2012), is yet another example of a US case holding that service by mail in Canada is permissible. I have suggested, in a series of posts and comments here and at Antonin Pribetic’s Trial Warrior Blog, that I think service by mail……

  • Case of the Day: New York State Thruway Authority v. Fenech

    The case of the day is New York State Thruway Authority v. Fenech (N.Y. App. Div. 2012). The question was whether service by mail is permissible where the defendant is in Canada. There was no question in the case that New York law permitted service by mail; the question was whether the service also comported……

  • Case of the Day: Advanced Aerofoil Technologies v. Todaro

    The case of the day is Advanced Aerofoil Technologies AG v. Todaro (S.D.N.Y. 2011). The decision doesn’t go over the facts of the case; the complaint was for trade secret misappropriation. Some of the defendants were Americans, others were German or Swiss. The plaintiff sought leave to serve the European defendants by courier (presumably, by……

  • Case of the Day: Tracfone Wireless, Inc. v. Bitton

    In October 2011, we considered TracFone Wireless v. Doe (S.D. Fla. 2011), a decision I called “one of those rare cases that is so wrong that I hope it does not get into the F. Supp.2d, so as to avoid misleading lawyers.” The October decision authorized service of a subpoena by mail in Canada for……