Timothy P. Harkness

4 weeks ago | blog.freshfields.us | Timothy P. Harkness |Rob McCallum |Rob Mccallum |Peter J. Linken |Melanie Collins

A recent decision allowing alternative service of process on a non-U.S. defendant via his U.S. counsel highlights a recent trend of parties using Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to reach persons who are located outside the territorial United States.[1]  In Troell v. Binance Holdings Ltd., 2025 WL 1415808 (S.D.N.Y. May 16, 2025), the Honorable Jeannette A.