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You’ve Been Outwitted: How Process Servers Use Disguises to Complete Service
How far can a process server go in order to complete service? What if tracking down an evasive recipient requires an elaborate ruse or disguise? While extreme acts of deception are rarely seen outside the movies, process servers are known to get creative when it comes...
UIDDA: Not So Uniform After All?
Involved in an interstate or multi-state legal proceeding? You’ll likely need to effectuate service in another state. Prior to 2007, enforcing a legal document (like a subpoena) outside its state of origin was a complex endeavor that was similar to the process...
Returning to In-Person Work: What It Means for Process Servers
It’s been an unprecedented year for everyone, including process servers. From learning how to effectuate service while maintaining social distancing to tracking down individuals waiting out the pandemic in other states, process servers have had a year of learning and...
Translation Nation: Considerations for International Process Service
Trying to effectuate service to a non-English speaker? What about a bilingual individual living in a foreign country? Whatever your circumstances, you’ll likely need translation services in order for your case to hold up in court. Here’s how to know when it’s time to...
International Process Service, Brexit, and You
It’s been nearly two months since the United Kingdom officially left the European Union in response to the initial “Brexit” referendum of 2016, but there’s still significant uncertainty on what that means for countries and individuals with legal and financial ties to...
International Process Service Costs . . . $43 Million, To Be Exact
How important is it to complete process service correctly? It depends. And in the case of Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Europe v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, it depends on whether you consider $43 million a particularly significant amount of money. And...
Process Service Isn’t Like the Movies—Except for When It Is
“You’ve been served.” It’s the “gotcha” line in almost any movie or TV show featuring a legal dilemma, and it’s usually accompanied by a process server engaged in an elaborate (and most likely illegal) scheme. Ever wonder what’s real versus what’s just...
How Much Should a Process Server Cost?
Process service is an essential part of the legal system. The role of a process server is also crucial, since it’s their responsibility to help protect every citizen’s right to due process in the eyes of the law. Essentially, due process protects the rights of every...
DGR Wins Best Of in Messenger Service in New Jersey Legal Survey
For the ninth consecutive year, DGR Legal has been voted the “Best Of” in messenger service companies in New Jersey by the legal community in the annual New Jersey Law Journal “Best Of” survey. Anyone who works at a law firm is eligible to cast their vote in the...
