Obtaining personal jurisdiction[1] over a defendant is a critical aspect of litigation. There are two components of personal jurisdiction, which the New York Court of Appeals has succinctly described ...
Service of process usually requires person-to-person contact and is an essential part of civil procedure. It notifies the defendant of the legal proceedings against him/her and establishes ...
In their International Litigation column, Lawrence W. Newman and David Zaslowsky discuss how, in cases brought to enforce arbitration awards, rules for serving process on parties located outside the ...