'Blocking' Statutes Bring Discovery Woes

Cross-border discovery is a subject on which the U.S. and much of the rest of the world do not see eye to eye. Although litigants may obtain discovery from foreign parties in a U.S. court, explain Lovell's partners Marc J. Gottridge and Thomas Rouhette, a number of countries have enacted "blocking" statutes forbidding their nationals from cooperating with American discovery requests or orders.