Jurisdiction, Discovery, Corporate Counsel

Recent New York decision highlights that courts can recognize a foreign judgment even without personal jurisdiction

Hogan Lovells on 3/11/2025

In Cargill Financial Services Int’l, Inc. v. Barshchovskiy (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 18, 2025), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York clarified that recognition of a foreign monetary judgment by a New York court...more

28 U.S.C. §1782(a): Second Circuit Reinforces Appeals Court Split Concerning Applicability to Private Commercial Arbitrations

Mintz - Arbitration, Mediation, ADR... on 7/16/2020

Just as the jurisprudential pendulum appeared to be swinging smoothly in one direction, the Second Circuit declined to get on board and instead pushed back to the future on July 8, 2020 in holding that federal courts may not...more

New York Ruling Could Significantly Impact Disclosure of Communications Between Insurer and Counsel

Cozen O'Connor on 10/29/2019

A recent decision from one of New York’s trial courts of general jurisdiction could have a chilling effect on written communications between an insurer and its retained counsel during a claim investigation. In Otsuka...more

Craigslist’s “Virtual Presence” Enough for B.C. Court’s Jurisdiction

Bennett Jones LLP on 1/18/2018

Is San Francisco-based Craigslist subject to a third-party production order in criminal proceedings in British Columbia, despite having only a “virtual” presence in the province? The province’s Court of Appeal said yes in a...more

What Happens in Vegas Doesn’t Always Stay in Vegas: Considerations When Discovery of Privileged Communications Is Sought in a...

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 5/31/2017

In most instances, discovery disputes over applicability of a privilege are litigated in the same jurisdiction where the privileged relationship arose, and the availability of that privilege is clear. But what happens when a...more

Seven Things You Should Know About Arbitration Clauses

Goodwin on 12/20/2013

Arbitration clauses are routinely added to commercial contracts, but often with very little reflection on the many strategic and tactical issues that should be considered. Further, there is a great deal of misunderstanding of...more