High Court Nixes Section 1782 Discovery For Nongovernmental Foreign Arbitrations

Mealey's (June 13, 2022, 2:30 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Resolving a circuit split, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 13 in two consolidated cases reversed two courts and ruled that district court assistance with discovery is not available to private commercial arbitrations or ad hoc international arbitral tribunals, holding that the statute applies only to foreign tribunals imbued with governmental authority....