How Not to Respond to Defective Service in Family Law Litigation
Spread the loveWhen it comes to serving an overseas defendant or respondent, a good rule of thumb is to always translate the documents to be served into the language of the receiving country. In family...
View ArticleServing Process in Germany: Gamboa v. Ford Motor Company
Spread the loveWill the Gamboa Opinion Change the Way Service in Germany Can Be Effected? When serving process in Germany, service must be pursuant to the Hague Service Convention.[1] And, under the...
View ArticleAppel v Hayut: Service of Process by Mail in Israel
Spread the loveFans of the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote know that the overly clever coyote’s schemes get him into trouble. Such schemes make good plots for cartoons, but – as illustrated in Appel v...
View ArticleService of Process in China Improves
Spread the loveIn recent years, the Chinese Central Authority has been a model of inefficiency. The turnaround time for service of process in China pursuant to the Hague Service Convention was...
View ArticleSCOTUS on Nazi Gold Expropriation & the Guelph Treasure
Spread the loveIn a previous blog post, we discussed the litigation saga concerning the attempts of the heirs to the Guelph Treasure — which was confiscated by the Nazis during WWII — to recover their...
View ArticleKoch Minerals v Venezuela: A Central Authority Operating Under Stress
Spread the loveKoch Minerals SÀRL v Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,[1] is a complex case. It raises numerous issues and questions, but today we’re focusing on the failure of the Venezuelan Central...
View ArticleHow International Subrogation Can Mitigate an Insurer’s Loss
Spread the love Some may be surprised to learn that the United States imports almost 50% of the products it sells or uses in manufacturing – everything from cell phones and computers to cars, machines,...
View ArticleHague Service Convention: The Issue of Waiver & Alternative Service
Spread the loveIf a defendant is located in a country that is a signatory to the Hague Service Convention, service of process upon the defendant must be pursuant to the Convention.[1] However, there...
View ArticleParsons v. Shenzen Fest Tech Co: A Lesson in Vendor Due Diligence
Spread the loveInternational service of process and the taking of evidence overseas require specialized expertise such as that garnered by Legal Language Services during the last thirty five plus years...
View ArticleArticle 13 & the Influence of Politics in the Practice of International Law
Spread the loveLLS recently received a rejection notice from the Chinese Central Authority for service on a Chinese manufacturer. Below, we tease out the significance of this notice and what it reveals...
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