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Federal Arbitration Act Foreign Jurisdictions

The Federal Arbitration Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1925 that governs arbitration in contracts implicating interstate commerce. The Act applies in both federal and state courts. 
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Federal Arbitration Act Requires Federal Courts to Issue a Stay, Where Requested, When Lawsuits...

Some courts had previously interpreted Section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act to allow for either a stay of the action or dismissal. Following the Supreme Court’s decision in Smith v. Spizzirri, once arbitration is...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Supreme Court Rules That § 1782 Does Not Apply to Private Arbitrations

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

Robinson & Cole LLP

Supreme Court Limits Section 1782 Discovery in International Arbitrations

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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

Miller Canfield

United States Supreme Court Restricts Availability of U.S. Discovery in Support of International Arbitration

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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

Cranfill Sumner LLP

Round 2! U.S. Supreme Court Has Heard the Arguments on Section 1782 – Discovering the Issues With Discovery in International...

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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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Conflicting Decisions Under 28 U.S.C. § 1782: How Should International Commercial Arbitration Deal With the Shifting Landscape?

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

Carlton Fields

Seventh Circuit Adds to Circuit Split, Holds Section 1782 Does Not Authorize Federal Courts to Compel Discovery for Use in Private...

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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

Mintz - Arbitration, Mediation, ADR...

Into the Fray: Seventh Circuit Holds That Foreign and International Commercial Arbitrations Do Not Receive U.S. Judicial...

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

Mintz - Arbitration, Mediation, ADR...

Momentum Building for Applicability of 28 U.S.C. §1782(a) to Obtain Discovery for Use in Foreign or International Private...

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

Proskauer - California Employment Law

FAQ About California’s New Law on Venue and Choice of Law in Employment Agreements

We recently blogged about Governor Brown signing S.B. 1241, which is now codified as Section 925 of the California Labor Code. The law, which affects venue and choice of law provisions in agreements entered into as a...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

FAQ About California's New Law on Venue and Choice of Law in Employment Agreements

We recently blogged about Governor Brown signing S.B. 1241, which is now codified as Section 925 of the California Labor Code. The law, which affects venue and choice of law provisions in agreements entered into as a...more

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