Judge Denies Request For Discovery To Be Used In Taiwanese Actions

Mealey's (March 16, 2018, 2:19 PM EDT) -- NEW HAVEN, Conn. — After determining that discovery sought by a Chinese petrochemical company for use in several Taiwanese cases was not relevant to the actions, a Connecticut federal judge on March 14 denied the company’s request for discovery to be used in a foreign proceeding (In Re Ex Parte Application of China Petrochemical Development Corp. for an order pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 to conduct discovery for use in foreign proceedings, No. 3:17-cv-02138, D. Conn., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 42258)....