USA—ICSID tribunal prepared to consider court discovery (In re Ex Parte Petition of the Republic of Turkey for an Order Directing Discovery from Hamit Çiçek Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782)

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Law360: An International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) arbitral tribunal has stated that it will consider evidence that Turkey claims could be critical to ending an arbitration related to an alleged government crackdown on press freedom, while the US District Court for the District of New Jersey considers whether to reject the country's application to target a Turkish businessman who allegedly holds that evidence.