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SCOTUS Agrees to Address Discovery for Use in Foreign Arbitration
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COVID-19’s Impact on M&A Transactions and Material Adverse Effect Clauses
The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to many M&A-related disputes. By some estimates, over 3,000 commercial cases were filed in U.S. federal courts alone as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. This figure does not account for numerous COVID-related disputes that were filed in U.S. state courts. Given that many transactions involving Latin American parties incorporate New York law or are based on provisions developed under New York law, these decisions may be of particular interest to companies doing business in Latin America.
In a number of the cases, the dispute turns on a provision common to M&A transactions, namely the material adverse event or effect (MAE) clause (sometimes referred to as the material adverse change (MAC) clause). An MAE/MAC clause, subject to its specific terms, may excuse a buyer from its obligation to close where the seller experiences a significant change in condition after signing and
A tale of two cases - Servotronics splits the U S Circuit Courts | Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP
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Servotronics”) and Rolls-Royce PLC (“
Rolls-Royce”). The arbitration was seated in the United Kingdom and conducted under the rules of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
8 Rolls-Royce alleged that Servotronics supplied it with defective engine valves which caused significant damage to engines it manufactured and supplied to The Boeing Company (“
Boeing”) for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
Servotronics filed an application in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois asking the court to issue a subpoena compelling Boeing to produce documents for use in the London-seated arbitration. After the district court granted Servotronics’s
ex parte application, Rolls-Royce and Boeing moved to quash the subpoenas on the basis that Section 1782 does not authorize a court to provide assistance in private foreign arbitrations. The district court granted Rolls-Royce’s and Boeing’s motion, relying on precedent from the Second and Fifth Circ