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Obtaining Evidence in the United States for Use in Foreign Proceedings—An Update

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Obtaining Evidence in the United States for Use in Foreign Proceedings—An Update

Title 28, Section 1782 of the United States Code can be a fruitful source of discovery for foreign litigants. The Statute is a legal device that authorizes a United States federal court to order a person "residing" or "found" within the court's geographical jurisdiction to provide testimony or documents for use before a "foreign or international tribunal." (View PDF to read the rest of this article)

This article by Lauren B. Wilgus, associate at Blank Rome, is one in a series of articles written for Blank Rome Maritime's quarterly Mainbrace newsletter.  To view the other articles in the July 2012 edition of Mainbrace, please click here.