In a recent court order, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn has approved alternate service via Twitter and Whats App in Jonathan Schwartz v. Sensei, LLC. Attempts to serve the CEO of Sensei LLC, Sean Daniel McDevitt, proved difficult. The plaintiff was able to call the…
Law.com recently released an article titled Serving Via Social Media: California Suit Shows Possibilities, but Change Takes Time. Law.com reached out to DGR for comments on the topic, given our expertise in handling numerous instances of social media service and serving the first instances of…
To address the bottleneck in effectuating service of process in instances where individuals are evading service, the Indian courts have created an electronic means for service which now includes WhatsApp. A popular messaging app, WhatsApp has been added to email and fax as an alternate…
DGR has served the very first instances of service by LinkedIn and service by Instagram in the world. The case’s uniqueness is added to by the approval of alternate service via social media in a non-matrimonial matter, which could have significant impacts on future similar…
Yet again the courts have made it clear in order for service of process via Facebook to be approved, proof of authentication and active use of the profile are needed. In a recent denial of request to serve by Facebook in a divorce matter, a…
In an article recently published by the New Jersey Law Journal, we lay out the increasing use of service via Facebook in matrimonial cases. For those of you who don’t have an account for the NJLJ, below is the full-text. by Amanda Sexton and Bari…
In yet another case, service of process via Facebook has been granted in an international case, this time by the United States District Court in Maryland. In Lipenga v. Kambalame a suit was filed against a Malawian diplomat. The plaintiff was unable to find a…
The recent OASIS proposal has moved along an existing conversation by the CALSPro association and has resulted in the inclusion of electronic service of process in their best practices. The OASIS proposal seeks to suggest the use of e-service as well as set standards associated…
A court has granted the first ever instance of the use a text message to serve an individual. The temporary protective custody order was issued by Judge Laura Cordero of the District of Columbia. As part of the complaint against the defendant, the plaintiff cited…
In yet another instance of service of process through social media, a judge has allowed a Brooklyn woman to serve divorce papers upon her husband. Most of the news coverage about the issue has focused mainly on the fact the service was allowed through Facebook….
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