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...
There have been a number of recent bills on the table which could affect process servers. One of the top ones from last week involved Texas HB 1989, which if enacted could make service of process by social media a viable option. According to the bill the court must...
Yet another case of e-service has occurred in the United States. The interesting thing about this case is that the e-service appears to have been approved in part due to the fact that the company owned and operated more than 34 websites. Being a web-based...
The courier service industry in New Jersey especially has noticed a marked decline in recent years. There are a number of factors that have caused this, most notably e-filing, but despite the dip it is apparent that courier service is still here for a while to come....
The issue of electronic service of process is considered by many process servers to be the most significant threat to our industry. In defense of personal service, Attorney Steven W. Teppler of Edelson McGuire recently published an interesting article: “The...
