Mexican Companies Urge High Court To Review Service By Email, Forum Contacts Test

Mealey's (February 9, 2021, 12:23 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two Mexican companies in a Jan. 14 petition for a writ of certiorari urge the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a district court split over whether service by email to a foreign entity’s U.S. counsel violates the Hague Service Convention or, in the alternative, to grant certiorari and vacate the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling affirming the confirmation of a more than $36 million award against them based on its allegedly improper application of the forum contacts test to establish personal jurisdiction....