In its opinion of 22 June 2023 in Yegiazaryan v. Smagin, the US Supreme Court ruled that a foreign award creditor may bring claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) related to the enforcement...more
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York provided further clarity to a lingering question in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in ZF Automotive: whether the ZF Automotive...more
In July 2020, in In re Guo,1 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reaffirmed that in the Second Circuit, a party may not use 28 U.S.C. § 1782 (Section 1782) to obtain documents or other discovery for use in a...more
FROM THE EDITORS -
Welcome to the 37th edition of Arbitration World, a publication from K&L Gates’ International Arbitration Group that highlights significant developments and issues in international and domestic...more
New York Appeals Court Restores Partially Vacated ICC Arbitration Award and Reinforces Pro-Arbitration Policy and Limits of Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards for “Manifest Disregard of the Law” -
On September 27,...more
In a 6–3 decision that will have major implications for the multibillion-dollar sports betting industry, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated a 1992 federal law barring states from legalizing sports gambling. The ruling...more
Introduction -
In some cross-border transactions the procurement and authentication of “public documents” from international jurisdictions can be a time-consuming bottleneck. ...more
On October 14, 2016, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that two companies could not claim a joint defense privilege for certain sensitive emails they had exchanged in connection with their proposed merger. ...more