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OHIO'S UNIFORM FOREIGN DEPOSITIONS ACT:
ARTICLES & BOOKS ON THE SUBJECT:
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Smooth Subpoenaing: Ohio Joins the Majority of States by Adopting the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal 16 (Nov. 2016)
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Hague Convention on The Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters (1970)
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Obtaining Discovery Abroad, 2nd ed. (ABA)
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Ohio Jurisprudence, 3d, Discovery and Depositions § 56 (West Pub. Co.)
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Heffernan, Michael, The Uniform Foreign Depositions Act: Who Knew Being A Lawyer Was This Much Fun?, 77 (22) CLEVELAND BAR JOURNAL (Dec. 2005)
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Brieant, Victoria E., Depositions at Home and Abroad (w/forms), 14 (5) THE PRACTICAL LITIGATOR (Sept. 2003)
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Buhler, Phillip, Transnational Service of Process and Discovery in Federal Court Proceedings: An Overview, 27 TULANE MARITIME LAW REVIEW 1 (2002)
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Bushnell, Victoria, How to Take an Out-of-State Deposition, UTAH BAR JOURNAL, (Feb/Mar.2001) (updated 10/5/02)
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Reufels, Martin & Kelly, Kari, Transatlantic discovery: how useful is the Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters, 29 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAWYER 291 (2001)
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Agati, Andrew & Presnell, Todd, Interstate and International Depositions: You May Need to Take the Deposition of a Nonparty Witness in Another State or a Foreign Country, 41(1) FOR THE DEFENSE (Jan. 1999)
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Drake, A Practical Guide to Interstate Deposition Subpoenas, 58 KY. BENCH & BAR 8 (Spring 1994)
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Kent, Stanley, Litigation There, Deposition Here (And Vice Versa), CLEVELAND BAR JOURNAL (Jan. 1991)
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Practical guide for conducting extra-territorial discovery for use in U.S. litigation, Stephen M. Fernelius, Rebecca J. Cole and Graig J. Alvarez. (Lexis, 1999)
OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION:
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Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct, effective 2/1/07: RULE 5.5 and Comment: Unauthorized Practice of Law; Multijurisdictional Practice of Law
PROCESS SERVERS:
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A good place to find Process Servers is: National Association of Process Servers