A new decision may cut back on attempts by third-party litigation lenders to control settlements. Earlier this month, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota refused to permit the substitution of a legal...more
3/7/2024
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Arbitration ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Investment ,
Litigation Funding ,
Popular ,
Settlement ,
Settlement Negotiations ,
Sysco ,
TRO
In October 2022, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals granted a petition to rehear the case of Corporacion AIC, SA v. Hidroelectrica Santa Rita S.A. en banc to determine whether enforcement challenges of nondomestic...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
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision on June 1 in GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp. v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC, holding that, in some circumstances, even nonsignatories to an agreement may invoke...more
6/3/2020
/ Arbitration Agreements ,
Contract Terms ,
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards ,
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments ,
Equitable Estoppel ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Foreign Arbitral Awards ,
GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA LLC ,
Motion to Compel ,
Non-Signatories ,
SCOTUS ,
State Law Claims ,
Subcontractors