Firm, CEO Say 2nd Circuit’s Foreign Discovery Ruling Contradicts U.S. Stance

Mealey's (August 3, 2021, 1:00 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A firm and its CEO on July 29 filed a petition for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc with the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals arguing that a panel erred by affirming Section 1782 discovery from the firm for use in a Russian entity’s arbitration against Lithuania and that the ruling contradicts the United States’ position on the statute’s applicability and will create confusion among the circuits....