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By: Akanksha A. Panicker

Letters rogatory or letters of request are a formal request from a court to a foreign court for judicial assistance. Letters rogatory are usually used in matters of taking evidence or service of process. A court often requires assistance from a foreign court in the procurement of witness evidence. It can ensure the same either via seeking to answer questions relevant to determining an issue of fact or for disclosure of documents. Letters rogatory provide courts with the aid to subpoena witnesses from foreign judicial or legislative authority. 

By: Akanksha A. Panicker

Once formal notice has been given to the other party, the legal process has been said to have started. Service of the court papers means that the defendant is supplied with a copy of any paper filed with the court. Consequently, a third person [the server] delivers the paperwork so that the judge can make a permanent order or judgment.  The process server is required to carefully fill out and sign the Proof of Service detailing how service was done, on whom, where, and when and file it with the court clerk. A copy of this proof is provided to the plaintiff. 

My name is Brian B. Ricks, President of Undisputed Legal Inc., a process serving agency with offices in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.  At Undisputed Legal Inc., we provide service of process to Federal, State and City organizations, law firms, solo partitioners and the general public.  

On Friday, March 20, 2020 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a formal order requiring all non-essential workers to stay home from work to prevent and slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).  This order goes into effect on Sunday, March 22, 2020 at 8:00. PM.

While our physical locations in New York will be closed, our process serving agency is fully functioning. Our staff are well equipped to remotely serve without disruption.  It is our understanding that emergency applications are still being filed and there is going to be a need to serve said orders.  Undisputed Legal is here to serve the court and community.  We have process servers in all boroughs ready to serve.

For more information on our services visit www.undisputedlegal.com or call (800) 774-6922, representatives are ready to assist you.  Open Monday-Friday 8am-8pm

Background

There is much to learn about the novel coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Based on what is currently known about the novel coronavirus and similar coronaviruses that cause SARS and MERS, spread from person-to-person with these viruses happens most frequently among close contacts (within about 6 feet). This type of transmission occurs via respiratory droplets. On the other hand, transmission of novel coronavirus to persons from surfaces contaminated with the virus has not been documented. Transmission of coronavirus occurs much more commonly through respiratory droplets than through fomites. Current evidence suggests that novel coronavirus may remain viable for hours to days on surfaces made from a variety of materials. Cleaning of visibly dirty surfaces followed by disinfection is a best practice measure for prevention of COVID-19 and other viral respiratory illnesses in households and community settings.

Court Service

Determining Federal/State Court Records

1.Determine whether you need to retrieve State/Federal court records. To determine if a court is a State/Federal court:

a.Look at the caption (i.e., name of the court on a pleading).

•If the court is Circuit or Superior Court, it’s a State court.

•If it is District court, it’s a Federal Court.

•Appellate courts may be State or Federal and will have the name of the state in the title of the court, New York Supreme Court, or New York Appellate Court, for example.

b.Look at the laws that the court deals in order to determine if they are State or Federal laws. Divorce laws for example are State laws and bankruptcy laws are Federal, so divorce cases are heard in State court and bankruptcy cases in Federal court.

•Check the list of federal courts provided by the United States Courts systems, to see if the court is listed as a federal court. Continue reading

By Stephanie Francis Ward

You can spend a lot of money on legal marketing, but you don’t need to. Nor do you have to be naturally outgoing or charming. What is necessary for good business development, say successful lawyers and consultants who shared their strategies with the ABA Journal, is a marketing plan focused on activities you do well, targeted at the right audience and carried out consistently. Give it some time, they say, and business will come. Continue reading