Bohemia Lumber Co. v. Eimco Corp.

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• explaining that the moving party “carr[ies] the burden of proving that a subpoena imposes an undue burden on a witness”
• noting courts in the Second Circuit have interpreted Rule 45’s personal service requirement “liberally where the type of service used ‘was calculated to provide timely actual notice.’”
• “Unlike service of most litigation papers, service [of a Rule 45 subpoena] on an individual’s lawyer will not suffice.”
• “[F]oreign nationals living abroad are not subject to subpoe! outside the United States.” (collecting cases)
• “[I]t is difficult to determine whether testimony will be cumulative or irrelevant before it is actually proffered.”
• “Both the United States and the [UK] are signatories to the Hague Convention and neither country has objected to direct service through postal channels.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).