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D.C. Circuit Holds International Finance Corporation Immune From Suit in Lender Liability Action

On July 6, 2021, the D.C. Circuit decided Jam et al. v. International Finance Corp., holding that lending decisions made by International Finance Corporation ("IFC") in the United States when it financed construction of a...more

7/12/2021 / Absolute Immunity , Employer Liability Issues , Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) , International Litigation , Jam v International Finance Corporation , Lenders

Second Circuit Holds Section 1782 Discovery Off Limits In Private International Arbitrations - Parties need to consider if the...

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

7/17/2020 / 28 U.S.C. § 1782 , Arbitration , China , CIETAC , Discovery , Document Productions , Foreign Jurisdictions , Foreign Tribunals , International Arbitration , International Litigation

Second Circuit: Discovery Statute Reaches Documents Held Overseas by U.S. Entities - Multinational corporations with U.S....

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently ruled that a New York-based affiliate of a global financial institution could be forced to produce documents for use in foreign proceedings even if those documents...more

10/21/2019 / 28 U.S.C. § 1782 , Discovery , Document Productions , Due Process , Extraterritoriality Rules , Federal Rules of Civil Procedure , Foreign Jurisdictions , International Litigation , Personal Jurisdiction

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