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 6
• 7. The 120-Day Service Period: Interplay with Waiver Procedure
and Statute of Limitations.
• Time Spent on Seeking "Waiver" Comes Out of the 120 Days
• 8. Extending the 120 Days; Is Good Cause Needed?
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 THE
NEW FILING SYSTEM
THE PROBLEM OF ADDING PARTIES, INCLUDING TIMELINESS ISSUES
- JOINDER WHEN THERE'S NO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS PROBLEM
• Under the "Service" System
• Under the "Filing" System
- JOINDER WHEN THERE IS A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS PROBLEM
• Parties "United in Interest"
• Parties Not "United in Interest"
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GENERAL
PRACTICE
SURVEILLANCE TAPES IN REVERSE?:
P Required to Surrender Wedding Tapes to D
SETTLEMENT STIPULATIONS:
Settlement in P's Behalf by Paralegal Held
Binding; Apparent Authority Existed
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