Service of Legal Documents via Social Media: Two U.S. Developments

Here are two recent items regarding service of legal documents via social media, in the context of U.S. law:

• Evan Brown, Esq., tells us that a U.S. federal district court has allowed service of documents via Facebook, in a case involving defendants located in India (FTC v. PCCare247 Inc., 2013 WL 841037 (S.D.N.Y. March 7, 2013))
• The Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog tells us of a new Texas bill that would allow service of citation [i.e., summons] by social media (text of the bill, H. B. 1989)

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