Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 416: Listen and Learn -- Service of Process (Civ Pro)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 224: Listen and Learn -- Service of Process (Civ Pro)
John Lewis of BakerHostetler Discusses Use of Social Media in Gawker Class Action
Serving Legal Documents Through Social Media
Snap removal is a rare but useful procedural device to remove an action from state to federal court under the diversity jurisdiction rules, even when the plaintiff’s complaint names an in-state defendant as a party....more
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently addressed so-called “Snap Removals” in the case of In re Levy, 52 F.4th 244, 245 (5th Cir. 2022). In Levy, the plaintiff, Calvin Levy, petitioned the Fifth Circuit for a writ of...more
Defendants seeking to remove cases from Pennsylvania state courts to federal courts using “snap” removal will have to file their removal papers more quickly as a result of an amendment to Pennsylvania’s service rules that...more
A magistrate judge in the District of New Jersey recommended remand of more than one dozen lawsuits concerning allegedly defective hip implants in a June 15, 2020, decision analyzing Third Circuit precedent regarding the...more
Liu v. Securities And Exchange Commission, Case No. 18–1501 (2020). Equitable relief, including disgorgement, is permissible under the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U. S. C. §77a et seq., so long as it does not exceed a...more
In two recent decisions — Brown v. Teva Pharmaceuticals and Doe v. Valley Forge Military Academy & College — courts in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania put limits on the use of so-called “snap removal,” a strategy...more
The Holding - In Anderson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., 917 F.3d 1126 (9th Cir. 2019) (Wash.), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the thirty-day removal deadline under 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b)(1) does...more
Recently, Florida’s First District Court of Appeal held that for purposes of determining the timeliness of a proposal for settlement, the complaint is considered served on the insurer when process is served upon the statutory...more
In today’s litigation practice, a defendant often receives a copy of a filed complaint before it is formally served with the pleading. Sometimes, plaintiff’s counsel emails a copy to the defendant’s counsel after filing. If...more
Are you being served? (A check list of steps for defendants in employment cases to take at the beginning of a lawsuit.) The purpose of this article is to provide a checklist of steps to take at the beginning of a state...more
I. FEDERAL PROCEDURE - A. Overview of Article. The purpose of this article is to provide summaries and brief discussion of significant recent cases from the United States Supreme Court, the United States Circuit...more