486 U.S. 694 (1988) Cited 849 times 10 Legal Analyses
Holding that a state law permitting a foreign corporation to be served domestically through its U.S. subsidiary did not implicate the Hague Service Convention
Holding website-operator defendant's magazine advertisements supported the exercise of jurisdiction where defendant also ran local radio advertisements
Holding that "a plaintiff may not shore up a deficient complaint through extrinsic documents submitted in opposition to a defendant's motion to dismiss" when the proposed exhibits are not "integral" to the complaint
Holding that the Hague Convention's procedures for service were mandatory, because defendants were residing in Switzerland and Germany, two countries which had agreed to service consistent with the Hague Convention
Holding that when the defendant's address was unknown, the Hague Convention did not apply and courts were free to allow service through publication under 4(f)
No. C 07-05182 WHA (N.D. Cal. Jun. 12, 2008) Cited 39 times
Approving Rule 4(f) service when, "plaintiffs have shown the difficulty of serving the unserved defendants located abroad" and "[d]efense counsel have refused to accept service on behalf of the unserved defendants on the ground that they do not represent the international defendants."
In Bravetti v. Liu, the court stated that "[a] registered agent may properly serve a foreign defendant by effecting service on [their] domestic counsel....
Finding alternate service under Rule 4(f) necessary where the plaintiff made numerous unsuccessful attempts to serve the defendant in accordance with Hague Convention procedures
Fed. R. Civ. P. 4 Cited 67,937 times 120 Legal Analyses
Holding that if defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on a motion, or on its own following notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made by a certain time