In these series of posts, we discuss the differences that have emerged in rulings by federal appeals courts in the United States Circuits on certain issues that may affect the ability of a party in an international...more
In February 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied petitioner Hanwei Guo’s discovery application after determining that the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission...more
On July 8, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that 28 U.S.C. §1782, which affords discretion to U.S. courts to order discovery in the U.S. in connection with foreign proceedings, does not extend to...more
Interpreting a key statutory provision for cross-border discovery, on July 8, 2020, the Second Circuit held that parties to a private international arbitration cannot obtain discovery in the United States in aid of that...more
On July 8, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously ruled in Hanwei Guo v. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated,...more
Just as the jurisprudential pendulum appeared to be swinging smoothly in one direction, the Second Circuit declined to get on board and instead pushed back to the future on July 8, 2020 in holding that federal courts may not...more
On July 8, 2020, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rendered its decision in In Re Application and Petition of Hanwei Guo for an order to take Discovery for Use in a Foreign Proceeding Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1782...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently reaffirmed a more than two-decades old decision holding that parties to a private, foreign arbitration proceeding cannot utilize federal courts to compel the...more
A ripening circuit split over the availability of U.S. discovery in foreign arbitration proceedings took another step toward a possible Supreme Court showdown with the July 8 decision by the United States Court of Appeals for...more
A federal court in the Northern District of California has adopted the reasoning and conclusion of a recent Sixth Circuit decision in holding that 28 U.S.C. § 1782 applies with respect to private foreign/international...more
Section 1782(a) permits a person to seek a court order for the production of documents for use “in a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal. …” To obtain discovery under the statute, the petitioner must meet three...more
We previously discussed in a June 10, 2015, guest article the basics of insurance underwriting and claim handling in China. In this article, we give an overview of the legal framework and relevant key issues in insurance...more