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Second Circuit Expands Jurisdictional and Extraterritorial Reach of US Discovery Statute
28 USCS § 1782 has once more been the focus of a recent case for discovery in proceedings located outside of the US (a comprehensive look at current issues of Section 1782 can be [...]
US Appellate Court Approves US Discovery In Aid of International Arbitrations Seated Outside US
28 USCS § 1782 is a US federal statute which permits parties to seek discovery of documents and other items in US federal courts, for use in proceedings based outside of the US. A recent [...]
CIAC Files Arbitration Amicus Brief to CA Supreme Court
Last week, the California International Arbitration Council (“CIAC”) filed an amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court of California in the Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia) VII v. Changzhou Sinotype Technology Co., Ltd. case. Because [...]
EU & China Release Joint Statement Following 21st Summit
On April 9, 2019, after the 21st EU-China Summit, the two world leaders released a joint statement reaffirming their partnership. In 2012, the EU and China jointly announced open treaty negotiations and the start [...]
Sweden’s Revised Arbitration Act Takes Effect
Sweden’s newly revised Arbitration Act, passed on November 21, 2018, went into effect on March 1, 2019. An English translation can be found here. The revisions aim to modernize Sweden’s arbitral systems to maintain [...]
AT&T Implements Baseball Arbitration to Save Time Warner Merger
The AT&T / Time Warner merger has been a subject of antitrust controversy for quite some time. Although vertical mergers are generally less-heavily scrutinized than horizontal mergers, the U.S. Department of Justice fought to [...]
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