Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 76: Henrique Lopes, KLA Advogados | Brazil
JONES DAY TALKS®: Class Actions Worldview Guide: Part 1–The United States and European Union
JONES DAY TALKS®: International Litigation: Confidentiality and Legal Privilege under French Law
Strategy Considerations for Global Litigation
Nota Bene Episode 110: Mapping U.S. Domestic and Extraterritorial Trade Secret Protection and Enforcement with Robert Friedman
International Litigation and Transactions in the Face of GDPR – A Panel Preview
Podcast: Conductive Discussions Episode 2: Criminal Prosecution of Trade Secret Theft, with a Focus on China
Every commercial litigator is familiar with the burdens at the discovery phase of litigation, whether it is a dispute over production, privilege, or just the sheer volume and cost (both time and money) associated. Be that as...more
International discovery is not as simple as merely issuing process to either obtain documents or testimony. Such discovery must be crucial to the pending action. Normally, the discovery is issued through a letter of request,...more
In today’s globalized landscape, legal translation is often necessary for everything from courtroom proceedings to contract negotiations. However, legal translation goes beyond just changing words from one language to...more
Few document services reach stakes as significant as legal translation does. As a field that necessarily hyper-focuses on specific word choice, meanings, precedents, and more, dotting i’s and crossing t’s rarely matters as...more
A recent blog described the times when litigators are required to translate into English foreign-language documents exchanged during pretrial discovery, an increasing obligation driven by the global reach of modern...more
28 USC Section 1782 allows an interested party for use in a pending or contemplated foreign proceeding to seek discovery in the US under certain factors outlined by the US Supreme Court....more
US Case Law Update - The U.S. Supreme Court and appellate courts have issued several recent decisions on important topics related to arbitration and the ability to enforce awards and judgments in the United States....more
Implementing legal holds quickly and effectively is key to maintaining defensibility during litigation and investigations. When a matter involves U.S. law, parties have a duty to preserve relevant information once litigation...more
Since the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued its June 2022 critical decision in AlixParters, LLP v. Fund for Prot. of Investors’ Rights in Foreign States, private parties have been foreclosed from petitioning federal courts...more
On June 13, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decision on the issue of whether 28 U.S.C. § 1782 permits district courts to order discovery for use in international commercial arbitration or ad hoc...more
As we’ve previously written , 28 U.S.C. § 1782 is a useful federal statute that allows overseas litigants to obtain discovery through U.S. federal courts for use in the overseas litigation. With respect to adjudication of...more
Law360 has published “Using Int'l Discovery Statute After High Court Limits Its Scope” The article discusses foreign litigants’ use of U.S.-based discovery procedures pursuant to Section 1782 of the U.S. Code, as well as...more
Anyone involved in civil litigation in the United States knows that U.S. courts permit broad discovery, in contrast to many foreign tribunals with narrower discovery rules. What foreign litigants may not know is that, under...more
On June 13, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in ZF Automotive US, Inc., et al., v. Luxshare, Ltd....more
On June 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided whether 28 U.S.C. § 1782 – a provision of U.S. law that allows a federal district court to compel a resident individual or company to provide discovery for use “in a proceeding...more
Parties seeking to use the US court system to facilitate discovery in foreign commercial and investor-state arbitrations may no longer have that option. ...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that a corporation that is not physically present in a district is not “found” in the district for purposes of the federal statute that authorizes courts to order discovery...more
On June 13, 2022, the US Supreme Court decided ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd., No. 21-401, holding that Section 1782 requires a “foreign or international tribunal” be a tribunal imbued with governmental authority....more
This is the third in a series of Legal Updates about international discovery and cross-border litigation. Robinson+Cole has broad experience representing international clients and their U.S. subsidiaries in both domestic and...more
On June 13, 2022, the Supreme Court rendered its decision on whether 28 U.S.C. §1782 (“§1782”) extends to foreign private arbitrations. In a consolidated action, the Court addressed two cases and unanimously held that only...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in the case of ZF Automotive US v. Luxshare that parties to private foreign or international arbitrations may not seek discovery assistance from U.S. federal courts for use in their...more
Does 28 U.S.C. § 1782 (“Section 1782”), which permits litigants to seek the assistance of U.S. district courts in obtaining evidence for use in a “foreign or international tribunal,” apply to arbitrations before “private...more
28 U.S.C. § 1782 (Section 1782) allows parties (and even non-parties) to obtain discovery of documents or testimony in the United States in aid of matters before “foreign or international tribunals.” For years, US federal...more
The federal statute 28 U.S.C. §1782 allows litigants in a foreign proceeding to obtain discovery in the United States, under the broad US discovery rules, for use in such proceedings. Although Section 1782’s use has been...more
On 13 June 2022, in ZF Automotive v. Luxshare, the U.S. Supreme Court held unanimously that 28 U.S.C. § 1782 does not allow discovery for use in most international arbitral proceedings. The Supreme Court held that only...more