Viking Advocates, LLC (LexBlog Russia)
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“Where?” is critical… an introduction.
The most critical question in serving a defendant is “WHERE?” More specifically… Where is the defendant located? Where can you serve him/her/it? Where must you serve him/her/it? Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?* Let’s face it– we Americans collectively suck at geography, despite the valiant efforts of Carmen San Diego’s creators. Many of us...
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Service of Process in Russia… probably not going to happen.
An interesting order & opinion from the Southern District of New York outlines the massive problem litigators face when suing—and serving—defendants in Russia. See AMTO, LLC v. Bedford Asset Management, LLC, No. 7:2014cv09913 (S.D.N.Y., 2015). In AMTO, the Bedford defendant sought to serve a third-party defendant in Russia by alternative means, specifically, via the defendant’s...