District Court Orders Section 1782 Discovery for Peru Bribery Cases
28 U.S.C. § 1782 authorizes federal courts to order discovery for use in foreign or international tribunals. A recent decision in the Southern District of New York (SDNY), In re Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P., shows how § 1782 works, while raising interesting questions about discovery from banks and law firms. Highway Bribery In 2012, Metropolitan…
Continue ReadingEighth Circuit Weighing Adoption of Foreign Relations Abstention
The Eighth Circuit will soon hear an interlocutory appeal to consider permitting abstention based on foreign relations concerns. In Reid v. Doe Run Resources Corp. (as the case is captioned on appeal), Peruvian citizens allege they were seriously harmed as children by toxic substances emitted by a metallurgical refining complex in Peru and that this…
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