Legal Language Blog
Foreign or international tribunals may obtain evidence from a US witness. But what constitutes a tribunal?
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The legal industry often requires transcription services, with verbatim transcription being the most common style used. Like anything else involving the law, there are very specific rules that govern legal transcription. Before you have any legal conversation transcribed, make sure you understand legal transcription requirements.
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The differences between notaries in civil law and common law countries can lead to dangerous misunderstandings for immigrants to the US.
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During a domestic deposition, documents are often shown to a deponent for comment or to refresh the deponent’s memory. But what happens when the deposition is occurring abroad?
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Many online vendors assert that taking an overseas deposition is easy, almost as easy as taking a deposition in the US. Of course, these vendors are operating under the assumption that all countries outside the US allow for voluntary depositions.
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The javelin not only influenced the evolution of man, but it was also largely responsible for the spread of the English language.
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There are two components to be filed in order to obtain an Article 15 default judgment in China.
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In BouSamra v Excela Health, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court examined the nature of attorney-vendor communications.
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Grupo Petrotemex v. Polymetrix concerns a patent infringement. In this opinion the court examines the impact of blocking statutes on the scope of discovery.
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Service of process in China can be a lengthy process. As a result, some plaintiffs attempt to find work-arounds to serving process pursuant to the HSC.
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