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Recent English High Court Decision Reveals The Obstacles In Obtaining Foreign Discovery For Use In US Litigation

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In Byju’s Alpha, Inc. v. Oci Limited, 2025 (EWHC 271) (KB), the claimant in Delaware proceedings seeking to recover assets and losses arising from fraudulent misappropriation learned that funds had been transferred to an...more

Array

This Week in eDiscovery: Sedona Conference Commentary on Cross-Border Discovery | $845K Spoliation Award

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Every week, the Array team reviews the latest news and analysis about the evolving field of eDiscovery to bring you the topics and trends you need to know. This week’s post covers the period of December 8-14. Here’s what’s...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Taking Depositions in Mexico

Depositions of witnesses residing in Mexico, at one time a relatively rare occurrence, are becoming commonplace for large law firm litigators. This is because many U.S.-based businesses have relocated manufacturing operations...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Depositions in Switzerland: How to Depose a Witness in Switzerland for Litigation in the United States

U.S. lawyers seeking to depose a witness residing in Switzerland for purposes of litigation in the U.S. often seek advice on how to properly do so as a matter of Swiss law and in accordance with the Hague Convention on the...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Technology Is No Substitute for Careful Planning of International Depositions

No doubt remote deposition technology is compelling. Not only can remote depositions lower litigation spending and free up valuable attorney hours, they offer litigators the ability to efficiently depose witnesses located...more

Morris James LLP

Chancery Permits Discovery Under the Hague Evidence Convention

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In Re Cote D’Azur Estate, C.A. No. 2017-0290-JTL (Del. Ch. Dec. 12, 2022) - The Hague Evidence Convention provides an alternative method from the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to compelling production from opposing...more

Alston & Bird

The GDPR Reaches the US Supreme Court in Cert Petition

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The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been raised in a petition for certiorari before the US Supreme Court, apparently for the first time since the GDPR entered into application in 2018. A party in Vesuvius...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Judge Andrews Grants Defendant’s Motion For Issuance Of A Letter Request To Obtain Evidence In Foreign Countries Through Hague...

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By Memorandum Order issued by The Honorable Richard G. Andrews in Compagnie Des Grands Hotels d’Afrique S.A. v. Starman Hotel Holdings LLC, Civil Action No. 18-00654 RGA (D.Del. July 26, 2019), the Court granted the motion of...more

Jones Day

French Blocking Statute: A Renewed Interest?

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Recent laws—such as the 2016 Sapin 2 Law and the new EU General Data Protection Regulation—provide for rules that are intended to ensure compliance with the French Blocking Statute, which prohibits any French party from...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

The Gauvain Report and Other Recent Legal Developments Reaffirm the Importance of the French Blocking Statute

Evidence gathering differs greatly between common law and civil law jurisdictions. For example, while a U.S. judge may in many instances allow extensive pretrial discovery, a French judge would generally consider nearly any...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

They Put Money Where? Conducting Discovery About International Assets

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It happens to family lawyers all the time. A new client comes in to meet with us for an initial consultation and tells us that his or her spouse controlled all of the money and assets. The new client is panicked, because he...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Obtaining Evidence for use in Foreign Proceedings

Cross-border disputes may require obtaining evidence in the United States for use in proceedings pending in another jurisdiction. Traditionally, courts utilized letters rogatory to request assistance of foreign courts in...more

Bilzin Sumberg

South Florida, Prime Destination for Litigants Seeking Evidence in Foreign Proceedings

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Foreign civil lawsuits, private arbitrations using § 1782 to facilitate discovery - Let’s say you have a client who is a party to an arbitration proceeding pending in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In your investigation of the...more

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