International Arbitration Update: Supreme Court Asked To Resolve Circuit Split Over Discovery In Aid Of Private Commercial Arbitration Seated Outside The United States | Morrison & Foerster LLP
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On December 7, 2020, Servotronics, Inc. filed a petition for writ of certiorari asking the United States Supreme Court to decide whether parties may seek discovery in the United States for use in commercial arbitration proceedings seated outside the United States under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 (“Section 1782”), a vigorously debated question that has increasingly divided lower courts. Under Section 1782, a petitioner may obtain evidence through U.S. federal district courts for use in a proceeding before a “foreign or international t...
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