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HEADLINE NEWS:
OUTSIDE COUNSEL, France Puts Some Muscle Behind Its Blocking Statute
Marc J. Gottridge and Thomas Rouhette
New York Law Journal. April 29, 2008
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EXCERPT: When should American litigators care about a judgment of the French Cour de Cassation (Supreme Court) requiring a French lawyer to pay a 10,000 euro fine? When that decision may shake up the conventional wisdom about what discovery may be obtained from French (and perhaps other foreign) parties and nonparties. Beyond these direct effects, other countries with blocking statutes may be emboldened to follow France's lead, and enforce previously dormant criminal sanctions. It will be interesting to see whether other countries' prosecutors and courts follow the French example, as well as what effect that example has on American courts considering cross-border discovery issues.
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