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JONES DAY TALKS®: Class Actions Worldview Guide: Part 1–The United States and European Union
JONES DAY TALKS®: International Litigation: Confidentiality and Legal Privilege under French Law
Strategy Considerations for Global Litigation
Nota Bene Episode 110: Mapping U.S. Domestic and Extraterritorial Trade Secret Protection and Enforcement with Robert Friedman
International Litigation and Transactions in the Face of GDPR – A Panel Preview
Podcast: Conductive Discussions Episode 2: Criminal Prosecution of Trade Secret Theft, with a Focus on China
We recently reported on the newly launched Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre branded as "arbitrateAD" (the "Centre"), which replaced the Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Center ("ADCCAC") on 1...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
Anyone involved in civil litigation in the United States knows that U.S. courts permit broad discovery, in contrast to many foreign tribunals with narrower discovery rules. What foreign litigants may not know is that, under...more
On 19 May 2022, the Privy Council's judgment in Gol Linhas Aereas SA (formerly VRG Linhas Aereas SA) (Respondent) v MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners (Cayman) II LP and others (Appellants) (Cayman Islands) [2022]...more
On June 13, 2022, the US Supreme Court decided ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd., No. 21-401, holding that Section 1782 requires a “foreign or international tribunal” be a tribunal imbued with governmental authority....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
On June 13, 2022, the Supreme Court rendered its decision on whether 28 U.S.C. §1782 (“§1782”) extends to foreign private arbitrations. In a consolidated action, the Court addressed two cases and unanimously held that only...more
On 13 June 2022, in ZF Automotive v. Luxshare, the U.S. Supreme Court held unanimously that 28 U.S.C. § 1782 does not allow discovery for use in most international arbitral proceedings. The Supreme Court held that only...more
Litigants in foreign arbitrations have long looked to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 as a potential avenue for obtaining something close to US-style discovery. But, the US Supreme Court unanimously held this week that this federal statute...more
In ZF Automotive U.S., Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd., the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously determined that 28 U.S.C. § 1782 - a U.S. statute that allows participants in a “proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal” to discover...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has held that 28 U.S.C. § 1782 authorizes discovery to assist only governmental or intergovernmental adjudicative bodies, and not private adjudicative bodies like the international commercial and ad hoc...more
The U.S. Supreme Court resolved a dispute on Monday, June 13, 2022, that had been simmering in the lower courts for some time: whether 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a) authorizes district courts to order discovery in favor of private...more
Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism - The Enabling Act provides for the reorganization (via a consolidated act) and the promotion of out-of-court means to resolve disputes, i.e., mediation and the so-called...more
The United States Supreme Court is finally set to resolve a Circuit split regarding whether district courts can order discovery for private commercial arbitrations abroad pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782. The Court granted...more
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Presently, Singapore and Hong Kong law prohibits lawyers from entering into outcome-related fee arrangements with their clients because of the common law rule against maintenance and champerty. The traditional rationale for...more
The Facts The plaintiffs in two separate class actions (Fox v Westpac Banking Corporation & Anor (Fox) and Crawford v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd & Ors (Crawford)) sought GCOs from the court pursuant to the...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
As part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK government on 7 May 2020 issued guidance “strongly encouraging” contractual parties to “act responsibly and fairly in the national interest in performing and enforcing...more
By President Putin’s signature on 8 June 2020, Russia has enacted a jarring new Law by which, as written, in a significant range of circumstances Russian individuals and companies (and foreign companies) that have been...more
Netherlands - Proceedings on the merits in the Netherlands are continuing as normal as possible. This means that new cases can be filed and the exchange of written submissions continues as usual....more
On January 6, Singapore took the next step in effectuating an international enforcement regime for mediated settlement agreements by introducing legislation to become the first nation to ratify the Singapore Convention....more
The Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice recently released the Administrative Measures for Business Offices Established by Overseas Arbitration Institutions in Lin-Gang Special Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone...more
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Your company has entered into a contract with a smaller, foreign company to do business. While your relationship starts off strong, it quickly sours when you discover that the smaller company’s quality standards do not meet...more