USA—Third Circuit set aside application for Halliburton docs in German arbitration

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Law360: The Third Circuit on 22 June 2022 dismissed an application by a German gas-storage company to get documents from Halliburton Co since the German arbitration organisation overseeing the underlying dispute was not a 'foreign tribunal' and could not compel discovery following the US Supreme Court decision in ZF Automotive US, Inc v Luxshare Ltd.