U.S. and non-U.S. litigation, arbitration and transactional lawyers should understand the intricacies of 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a), which allows litigants to pursue evidence in U.S. courts (documents and testimony) for use in foreign proceedings. The U.S. Supreme Court recently clarified that 1782 is not available for private arbitration (including investor-state disputes). Topics: history of statute, nuts-and-bolts of 1782 proceedings, limits, navigating Intel factors, effect of recent Supreme Court case, selection of fora for non-U.S. disputes, drafting arbitration provisions, effects on constituting arbitral tribunals, strategies to best employ 1782 to obtain useful discovery, defenses for parties opposing discovery (including discovery targets).

Program Co-Chair/Moderator:
William Hill, Shareholder, Gunster, Miami, FL

Program Co-Chair/Speaker:
Paul Convery, Partner, William Fry, Dublin, Ireland

Speakers:
Barry Appleton, Appleton & Associates, Toronto, Canada
Hangil Lee, Partner, Bae, Kim & Lee, Seoul, South Korea
Erika Levin, Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP, New York, NY

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