9 results for 'cat:"International Law" AND cat:"Discovery"'.
J. Livingston finds that the district court properly denied an application for U.S. discovery for use in France in a nonprofit association's challenge to a 2020 advance purchase agreement between Covid-19 vaccine developers and the European Commission. The appellate court rebuffed arguments on the hold harmless provisions on grounds that Belgium was the proper jurisdiction, and thus discovery would not be of practical use unless further appeals were accepted to the French high court. The request may be refiled since the U.S. dismissal was made without prejudice. Affirmed.
Court: 2nd Circuit, Judge: Livingston, Filed On: March 11, 2024, Case #: 23-380, Categories: international Law, discovery, Covid-19
J. Perez finds that the district court properly denied judicial assistance to aid U.S. discovery for a lawsuit brought in the United Kingdom against Morgan Stanley and its executive chairman because the court properly weighed precedential factors to determine that documentary and testimonial evidence would be duplicative to evidence provided by Morgan Stanley's subsidiary in England. Affirmed.
Court: 2nd Circuit, Judge: Perez, Filed On: March 4, 2024, Case #: 23-7635, Categories: international Law, discovery
J. Trauger denies the defendant company's motion for review of a magistrate judge's order, which mostly granted the motion to compel discovery in this dispute "between a U.S. citizen and a foreign company." The defendant, an Italian employer, contends that Italian privacy laws prevent it from searching employee emails without consent, but it fails to establish grounds for "rejecting or modifying any part of the underlying Order."
Court: USDC Middle District of Tennessee , Judge: Trauger, Filed On: December 27, 2023, Case #: 3:20cv1103, NOS: Personal Injury - Product Liability - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: international Law, Product Liability, discovery
J. Sykes finds that the lower court properly denied the Venezuelan distributor's request for discovery against the American heavy equipment giant, Caterpillar, in a breach of contract suit filed in Switzerland. The parties' agreed to resolve their disputes in Swiss courts, knowing that Swiss law has more circumscribed discovery procedures. The distributor cannot circumvent that decision now. Affirmed.
Court: 7th Circuit, Judge: Sykes, Filed On: October 10, 2023, Case #: 22-1463, Categories: international Law, discovery, Contract
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J. Tunheim denies the German substance-abuse treatment clinic's objection to a magistrate judge's order which found that the clinic's outside auditor, tax advisor and shareholder was a "managing agent," ordered that that agent and other officers, directors and managing agents be deposed in Minneapolis and granted narrowed motions to compel. The order did not rely upon any clear errors.
Court: USDC Minnesota, Judge: Tunheim, Filed On: September 28, 2023, Case #: 0:20cv409, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: international Law, Trademark, discovery
J. Gilbert orders Chicago State University to hand over all academic records relating to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu to former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who is challenging the results of the Nigerian presidential election held earlier this year. Abubakar claims Tinubu forged his undergrad degree from the university. Abubakar’s interest in obtaining the records outweighs Tinubu’s privacy rights because Tinubu put his diploma at issue by submitting it to Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Gilbert, Filed On: September 19, 2023, Case #: 1:23cv5099, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: international Law, discovery