Discovery For Use In Private Foreign Tribunal Challenged In 9th Circuit Appeal

Mealey's (May 21, 2020, 4:54 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Chinese woman and three California-based entities she manages on May 4 urged the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse and remand a district court order granting asset discovery against them for use in a private arbitration tribunal in China, asserting that private tribunals are outside the scope of the statute governing discovery for foreign proceedings and that there is a circuit split on the issue (HRC-Hainan Holding Company, LLC, et al. v. Yihan Hu, et al., No. 20-15371, 9th Cir.)....