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International commercial arbitration is often and accurately criticized for being too slow and expensive. However, delays and exorbitant costs in these cases are not inevitable; they are the result of intentional but...more
A recent court case by the Civil and Commercial Court of the Qatar Financial Centre clarified the Court's jurisdiction to support arbitrations seated in Qatar. Parties not established in the Qatar Financial Centre must agree...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
Parties seeking to use the US court system to facilitate discovery in foreign commercial and investor-state arbitrations may no longer have that option. ...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
28 U.S.C. § 1782 (Section 1782) allows parties (and even non-parties) to obtain discovery of documents or testimony in the United States in aid of matters before “foreign or international tribunals.” For years, US federal...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 a decision with global arbitral significance, the U.S. Supreme Court has now clarified that § 1782 discovery is not available in support of foreign private international arbitration proceedings. Parties subject to U.S....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
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 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
On March 23, 2022, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the challenges to whether international arbitrations, including private commercial arbitration and investor-state arbitration, qualify as “foreign or international...more
ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd., 21-401 is currently pending before the Supreme Court, with oral arguments scheduled to be heard on March 23, 2022....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
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
A recent court case in the Qatar Financial Centre confirms the Qatar International Court's status as a court of choice for international parties, even if they are not established in the Qatar Financial Centre. The Qatar...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
On July 8, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided that federal courts may not order discovery for use in private international commercial arbitrations under 28 U.S.C. § 1782, affirming that a...more