January 22, 2010
You've been served
BBC News reported a couple of months ago about a British court allowing service of a court order using Twitter. Twitter is, for those who do not yet know, an on-line network allowing users to post short messages that are then broadcast to a list of subscribers. In the particular case, a political blogger named Donal Blarney sought an order enjoining another user of the Twitter service. Because the target of the court injunction had not yet actually been identified, the court allowed the injunction to be served via a posting on Twitter. The posting gave notice of the court order and, because twitter postings are very limited in length, contained a link to the order itself.
Apparently, according to a story in The Register, the tactic succeeded. The malefactor did in fact receive the notice of the order and agreed to comply with the order.
Would similar tactics work in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court? Perhaps in limited circumstances. Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(2)(D) and Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7005 allow service by "electronic means" when the recipient has previously consented in writing. Service is effective on transmission. This rule was designed to allow service by e-mail through the ECF system, but there really is no reason why other means could not be used as well. The catch is, of course, getting that advance written consent.
Labels: service of process, subpoena, twitter
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