Untangling the Web: Navigating the Complex World of Multinational Discovery

Cross-border discovery in multinational investigations and litigation is a complex and seeming unnavigable field rife with challenges. In fact, what is referred to as discovery in the United States does not exist in most other jurisdictions. Where it does exist, it is not only referred to differently, but is also much more limited in scope. These differences have resulted in tension between legal systems. Other conflicts arise from the different cultural understandings of privacy.