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Presented by nationally recognized experts, the Institute features comprehensive sessions on every stage of the arbitral process examined from the vantage point of neutrals, advocates, and in-house counsel. Substantive...more
In Biotricity, Inc. v. DeJohn, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 113216, 2024-Ohio-1593, the Ohio Eighth Appellate District found that the trial court erred by refusing to stay discovery pending a ruling on a motion to compel...more
Arbitration can be an effective alternative for parties seeking to avoid drawn-out and costly litigation. As a result, it has become common practice for parties to negotiate arbitration clauses into their agreements....more
When has a party waived its contractual right to arbitrate? Until recently, most federal Courts of Appeal—including the Sixth Circuit— held that a party who participates in litigation (e.g., by serving and responding to...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
Parties generally have no right to appeal a trial court's decision on pretrial motions until the court issues a final judgment — yet Congress granted that right for decisions that deny a motion to compel arbitration under the...more
In White v. Samsung Electronics America Inc., the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, in a precedential opinion, affirmed a district court order denying defendant Samsung’s motion to compel arbitration, concluding that,...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
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
The United States Supreme Court this week resolved an important issue regarding international arbitrations by ruling that, contrary to what at least two appellate courts had previously ruled, a U.S. statute that authorizes...more
Parties involved in litigation outside the U.S. have long had a useful information-gathering tool at their disposal: a U.S. statute allowing them to obtain by court order testimony and documents from persons located in the...more
The Supreme Court is (once again) slated to decide the issue of whether a private commercial arbitral panel constitutes a “foreign or international tribunal” under 28 U.S.C. § 1782, in the matter of ZF Automotive US, Inc.,...more
Under 28 U.S.C. § 1782, a District Court may compel a resident individual or company to provide discovery for use “in a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal.” There is presently a circuit court split over what...more
In a highly anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Servotronics, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC, et al. and agreed to address the question of whether federal courts may authorize discovery pursuant to...more
On December 7, 2020, parties and practitioners in international commercial arbitration came one step closer to resolving the threshold question of the applicability of 28 U.S.C. § 1782 to international commercial tribunals....more
On December 7, the Supreme Court received a request to decide whether parties in private, commercial, international arbitrations can avail themselves of 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a) (Section 1782) to obtain discovery through U.S....more
On September 22, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit unanimously ruled in Servotronics, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC, et al, No. 19-1847, 2020 WL 5640466 (7th Cir. Sept. 22, 2020), that 28 U.S.C. §...more
On a question of first impression in the Seventh Circuit regarding whether U.S. law allows federal courts to compel discovery for use in a private foreign arbitration, the Seventh Circuit joins the Second and Fifth Circuits...more
The Seventh Circuit is the latest Court of Appeals to enter the fray concerning the scope of application of 28 U.S.C. §1782(a), finding additional reasons to hold that a foreign or international commercial arbitration is not...more
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, 140 S. Ct. 2049 (2020) - Summary: The ministerial exception, grounded in First Amendment’s religion clauses, barred teachers’ employment discrimination claims where teachers...more
In regard to 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a), U.S. circuit courts split on what qualifies as a “foreign or international tribunal.” The breadth of U.S. discovery in foreign international arbitrations pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a)...more
On March 30, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled in Servotronics Inc. v. Boeing Co., 954 F.3d 209 (4th Cir. 2020) that U.S. federal courts may order parties to produce documents and testimony...more
In 1948, the United States first promulgated a unique statutory mechanism by which, via its 1964 amendment, an interested person could receive judicial assistance in obtaining evidence in the U.S. for “use in a proceeding in...more
Construction disputes often involve voluminous amounts of discovery, including documents in the hand of third parties. And if the case is subject to arbitration, it is likely that there will be a dispute about whether the...more
US Supreme Court Issues Trio of Arbitration Decisions - During its 2018-19 term, the U.S. Supreme Court issued decisions in three cases involving arbitration matters. These decisions, discussed further in our September 26,...more