https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2025/12/second-circuit-rejects-email-service-on-chinese-defendants-in-baby-shark-sad-scheme-case.htm Mon, 29 Dec 2025 16:14:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2025/12/second-circuit-rejects-email-service-on-chinese-defendants-in-baby-shark-sad-scheme-case.htm#comment-4534 Mon, 29 Dec 2025 16:14:10 +0000 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=28402#comment-4534 […] In Schedule A cases, the plaintiffs usually ask for—and receive—permission to serve the defendants by email. They also often allege that the defendants are Chinese (or at least “foreign”). Just a few weeks ago, the Second Circuit held that “email service on the Chinese defendants is prohibited by the Hague Service Convention, and thus improper under Rule 4(f)(3)” (previously covered on this blog here). […]

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