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Where a workers’ compensation claimant served an application for Board review upon the insurance carrier’s third-party administrator—but not the carrier itself—such service was defective and New York’s Workers’ Compensation...

Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 79 / Thursday, April 23, 2020 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is revising procedural requirements in regulations related to service of process of summonses, complaints, and subpoenas. DATES: This final...

By Stuart D. Colburn, Shareholder, Downs Stanford This case concerns due diligence when serving a lawsuit on the opposing party. Holmes filed suit on October 20, 2003. Holmes asked the District Clerk to serve Texas Mutual Insurance Company (TMIC...

Foreign courts are increasingly willing to accept service through Facebook when other methods fail. Australia Rule 116(1) of the Australian Uniform Civil Procedure Rules permit substituted service "where, in effect, there is a practical...

Courts are increasingly willing to accept service through Facebook and other social media platforms when other methods fail. United States Mpafe v. Mpafe , Hennepin County, MN No. 27-FA-11-3453: Authorized service of divorce proceedings on defendant...

Courts are increasingly willing to accept service through Facebook and other social media platforms when other methods fail. United States Mpafe v. Mpafe , Hennepin County, MN No. 27-FA-11-3453: Authorized service of divorce proceedings on defendant...

The city of New York is starting a trend by passing an ordinance aimed at holding process servers accountable. Recently, some process servers claimed they were delivering papers when they actually did not serve those documents. The ordinance would require...