On June 13, 2022, in a unanimous consolidated decision authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the scope of 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a) (Section 1782), which authorizes federal courts to order...more
As we reported in our November 2, 2020 client alert, on September 22, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that 28 U.S.C. § 1782 cannot be used in support of Private Arbitration. We noted in our...more
On September 22, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit unanimously ruled in Servotronics, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC, et al, No. 19-1847, 2020 WL 5640466 (7th Cir. Sept. 22, 2020), that 28 U.S.C. §...more
On March 30, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled in Servotronics Inc. v. Boeing Co., 954 F.3d 209 (4th Cir. 2020) that U.S. federal courts may order parties to produce documents and testimony...more