U.S. Says Section 1782 Discovery Doesn’t Apply To ICSID In Amicus Brief

(August 10, 2023, 1:07 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The United States on Aug. 9 weighed in on a discovery dispute pending before the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, arguing in an amicus curiae brief that the court should affirm a ruling quashing an Italian company’s subpoena seeking discovery for use before an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) tribunal because ICSID tribunals are “ad hoc” entities not “imbued with governmental authority.”...