Article in Orange County Lawyer on Service of Process by Social Media

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It seems appropriate that my first blogpost on the Cates Peterson website is an announcement of my article in the current issue of Orange County Lawyer magazine entitled:   “Is California Ready For Service of Process by Social Media?”  (it starts on page  37)

The article is a short discussion of a fascinating case from New York in which a judge allowed service of process to be made by Facebook Messenger — and no other means.  Do you think we’re ready for this?  Everyone I’ve talked to about this recoils from the idea at first, but when you think about it a little bit longer why is it better to publish a legal notice in the Orange County Register?  When was the last time you went to that section of the newspaper to look for anything?  Or better yet — when was the last time you looked at a print version of a newspaper at all?

Kathleen O. Peterson

Kpeterson@catespeterson.com