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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...

The U.S. Supreme Court has finally spoken on the statutory authority of U.S. federal courts to order discovery in aid of proceedings before foreign and international tribunals, ...

A look at some of the key considerations surrounding construction disputes in Malta, including specialist courts and alternative dispute resolution options.

In numbers, litigation is the most common dispute resolution method in Mexico. This includes commercial disputes. We believe this to be natural…

In 1964, Congress amended 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a) to permit district courts to order the production of certain evidence “for use in a foreign or international tribunal.” While Congress...

On the 2nd of March 2022, the Dubai International Arbitration Centre ("DIAC") published the DIAC Arbitration Rules 2022 ("the 2022 Rules").

When a litigant seeks to compel arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), there are two issues that must be resolved.

Does 28 U.S.C. § 1782 ("Section 1782"), which permits litigants to seek the assistance of U.S. district courts in obtaining evidence for use in a "foreign or international tribunal," apply to arbitrations before "private adjudicatory bodies"?

In a landmark decision issued on 13 June 2022, the US Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”), America’s highest court, ruled that the scope of Section 1782 of…

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.