Judge Refuses To Allow Discovery For Use In A Chinese Arbitration

Mealey's (February 26, 2019, 12:49 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on Feb. 25 denied a petitioner’s request for leave to seek discovery for use in an arbitration pending before the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), holding that the CIETAC is not an international tribunal that falls within the scope of the applicable foreign discovery law (In re Application of Hanwei Guo, No. 18-MC-561, S.D. N.Y., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 29572)....