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Discovery is one of the principal areas of civil litigation that requires collaboration across national lines and efficacy of court orders beyond jurisdictional boundaries. Although central to the practice of civil litigation in the United States, discovery is virtually unknown in most civil law jurisdictions, which creates a problem for obtaining necessary evidence from these countries. This book considers the procedures for obtaining evidence in the United States through the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Hague Evidence Convention. The book then describes the laws that enable foreign litigants to obtain evidence in the respective countries. Each chapter discusses the controlling law on foreign discovery, including the type of evidence obtainable, confidentiality and privilege, alternative dispute resolution, and costs.

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Brett G. Harrison is co-chair of the Insolvency Litigation Group at McMillan LLP in Toronto, Canada Gavin Foggo heads the litigation and dispute resolution department at Fox Williams in London, England Jorge A. Mestre engages exclusively in a commercial-litigation practice, including international arbitration and litigation, at Rivero Mestre LLP in Coral Gables, FL

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