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In the best of all possible worlds, a plaintiff will have a document authored by the defendant containing the defendant’s contact information. But often this is not the case.
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Can private parties contract away formal service of process? A recent case examines this question.
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In 2017, a Supreme Court opinion made some believe that international service of process by mail was a good idea. But as a recent case demonstrates, proving ISOP by mail was proper can be difficult.
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Although the Russian Federation is a signatory to the Hague Service Convention, service of process from the United States to Russia does not occur pursuant the Convention.
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When serving a foreign manufacturer, always issue service of process directly pursuant to the Hague Service Convention, Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory, or via an old-fashioned Letter Rogatory, unless you are certain the entity being served is a wholly-owned subsidiary.
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Tunisia is the newest signatory to the Hague Service Convention. Tunisia joins just five other African countries as members of the Hague Service Convention.
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When dealing with international service of process, attorneys should be cognizant of the different rules regarding waiver of service by defendants.
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Determine whether service of process was properly effected on your client via the Hague Service Convention.
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If the nation-state is on its way out, is it time for international law attorneys to rethink international service of process?
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Attorneys tend to think that the international service of a subpoena is analogous to international service of process. In reality, though, the two are quite different.
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