Law stated as at 01 Mar 2012 • USA (National/Federal) |
"The unique burdens placed upon one who must defend oneself in a foreign legal system should have significant weight in assessing the reasonableness of stretching the long arm of personal jurisdiction over national borders." (Asahi Metal Indus. Co., Ltd., 480 US at 114.)
"if the internal law of the forum state defines the applicable method of service of process as requiring the transmittal of documents abroad, then the Hague Service Convention applies" (486 US 694, 700 (1988)).