New Jersey has passed Senate Bill S2156 which establishes summary action to foreclosure mortgages on vacant and abandoned residential property. Put into effect for a number of reasons, this bill will fast-track foreclosures which are deemed as vacant, reducing the...
The New Jersey Professional Process Servers Association will be holding an emergency meeting tonight in order to address proposed Rule 1:32-2A (“Electronic Court Systems, Electronic Records, Electronic Signatures”). The proposed new rule would: (a)...
In a previous blog post we had discussed Maryland Bill 554. I was incorrect in our statement that the bill had been withdrawn. Our understanding of this had been influenced in part by hearing from several MAAPPS members when we were only aware of the Senate bill and...
A Manhattan federal judge has ruled that the Federal Trade Commission can serve five individuals based in India through Facebook. The individuals are accused of running a scheme that tricked Americans into spending money they didn’t need to in order to fix...
Electronic service of process strikes again. A judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has allowed the Federal Trade Commission to pursue service through Facebook as well as email. Read the full document here and look for an...
