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If my staff has sent you a link to this post, read it, learn it, and internalize it, because it will prevent a whole lot of heartache down the road. I say this with as much tough love as I
Alternate title: You don’t serve a Central Authority. Ever.
So stop saying it.
Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen an uptick in the number of plaintiffs’ attorneys who submit FedEx receipts, attesting to delivery of Hague Service Requests
Our business, navigating the minefield of the Hague Service Convention, has seen a pretty big uptick lately, particularly in the personal injury and IP fields. As litigators sue an ever-growing number of offshore defendants, they’re increasingly reliant on firms like
* Hint: it’s not easy. If it were, I wouldn’t have a practice.
A plea to the senior partner overseeing a lawsuit:
Stop throwing your junior people to the wolves.
Hear me out here. (This applies equally to non-attorney staff–
We aren’t building rockets here. But we are building a ship of sorts, and a leaky vessel means the cargo may not make it to its destination. If that ship is going between the Mediterranean Sea and the western hemisphere,
A few years ago, I put up a brief post about a service of process story with a Kansas City connection– and nothing whatsoever to do with the Hague Service Convention. See, Jason Sudeikis (yes, he of Ted Lasso fame)
At least two or three times a month, I’ll get a call or email that starts off like this:
“Hi, Aaron. I need to serve two defendants in Mexico– an entity and an individual. Can you help us out?”
First
[Another “Big Tony” lesson here, for those of you who are familiar with him from prior posts. This has really become a more prevalent thing lately, and I have to address it.]
With pretty high frequency, we’ll determine on the
