Huh?
If a company has a registered agent in State X, then it (not "they") is subject to being sued in State X. If the company is sued in State X, then there would be no need to serve a subpoena on the company. I have no idea what "over a client" means in this sentence.
If the subpoena relates to the lawsuit, it is an improper method of obtaining discovery from a party to the lawsuit.
It certainly could say that, but it would be wrong.
Huh?
LOL...no.
That question is both vague and ridiculously broad. That said, a subpoena issued in relation to a lawsuit pending in a state court in State X is only effective if served on a deponent in State X.
If you're a party to this litigation pending in Utah and your attorney doesn't understand how subpoenas work, then you may want to seek out a new attorney.
Hello.
Let me see if I can help answer some of your questions.
The 3rd party company is not involved in the lawsuit but has valuable information needed for the lawsuit.
The coronavirus mask mandate/ vaccine mandate was an example of how one states laws(Florida) and another states laws(NY or California) have polar opposite laws. What is mandated in NY is expressly illegal in Florida dealing with certain coronavirus mandates vs personal freedom .
So it begs the question if a Florida based company doing business in NY had to comply with Florida law or NY law when both laws are exact polar opposites of each other. Just to make things easier to understand.
In my case, the 3rd party company is claiming that the Utah resident(subject of the subpoena) is being protected by privacy or disclosure laws in California that do not exist in Utah.
They are also claiming that they can't accept a subpoena via their Utah registered agent and it must first be domesticated in California and served in California to be accepted. This part my lawyer said is 100% wrong.
Lawyers are only responsible for laws in their own state not the laws in foreign states or countries.
If this information was clearly established or well known, then a simple google search or youtube search would probably come up with a fast answer.
It feels like it may be a bit of a unknown area of law? Perhaps depends on how the judge feels that day?
If Marijuana is legal in California but illegal in Kentucky. Could a California company do business selling Marijuana in Kentucky and claim they are govern by California (not Kentucky) law? I am thinking probably not?
Are you saying that a registered agent gives the company the ability to be sued in that state( not just documents served)?
The " over a client " was a typo. I was probably trying to say " on a client" Damn this so called " auto correct"
I hope this clears this up.