FEATURE ARTICLE:
OVERHAUL OF SUMMONS SERVICE AND PERSONAL JURISDICTION
IN THE FEDERAL COURTS: THE NEW RULE 4 OF THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL
PROCEDURE PART 1
• INTRODUCTORY
• RETROACTIVITY: APPLYING THE NEW RULES IN PENDING CASES
• THE CHANGES IN RULE 4
• 1. Form and Issuance of Summons
• 2. The New Waiver-of-Service Procedure
- Introductory
- Nothing Else Waived
- The Plaintiff's Steps in Seeking the
Waiver
- No Costs Against Defendant Reached Abroad
- Failure to Waive Can't Confer Jurisdiction
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 GENERAL
PRACTICE
THE N.Y. DISCLOSURE
CHANGES:
Are the New York Disclosure Amendments Retroactive?
ATTORNEY'S LIABILITY:
Attorney Not Liable for Hired Expert's Loss
of Evidence
SURVEILLANCE TAPES:
Lawyer's Memo on Surveillance Tapes Also Disclosable,
But With Privileged Parts Redacted
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Overview of topics...
Lead
Note:
OVERHAUL OF SUMMONS SERVICE AND PERSONAL
JURISDICTION IN THE FEDERAL COURTS: THE NEW RULE 4 OF THE
FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE PART 1
- Are the
New York Disclosure Amendments Retroactive?
- Attorney's
Liability for Experts?
- Disclosing
Memos of Surveillance Tapes
Open Citations:
- Hanover
(Issue 6/Page 3): 157 Misc.2d 1014, 600 N.Y.S.2d 419.
- Mermelstein
(Issue 7/Page 4): 830 F.Supp. 184.
- Glassman
(Issue 10/Page 3): 157 Misc.2d 175, 602 N.Y.S.2d 502.
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American (Issue 11/Page 3): 157 Misc.2d 730, 602 N.Y.S.2d
1022.
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