US District Court requires Air France to produce documents in price-fixing litigation despite France's "blocking statute" | Practical Law

US District Court requires Air France to produce documents in price-fixing litigation despite France's "blocking statute" | Practical Law

On 29 March 2010, Magistrate Judge Viktor V. Pohorelsky, who is overseeing the civil litigation in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York in which various airlines are alleged to have fixed the prices of air cargo, ordered defendant Societe Air France (Air France) to produce certain documents to the plaintiffs. Air France was withholding the documents pursuant to France's "blocking statute", which prohibits parties from producing documents or information for use in foreign litigation other than pursuant to certain treaties, such as the Hague Convention.

US District Court requires Air France to produce documents in price-fixing litigation despite France's "blocking statute"

by Practical Law
Law stated as at 29 Mar 2010 • USA (National/Federal)
On 29 March 2010, Magistrate Judge Viktor V. Pohorelsky, who is overseeing the civil litigation in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York in which various airlines are alleged to have fixed the prices of air cargo, ordered defendant Societe Air France (Air France) to produce certain documents to the plaintiffs. Air France was withholding the documents pursuant to France's "blocking statute", which prohibits parties from producing documents or information for use in foreign litigation other than pursuant to certain treaties, such as the Hague Convention.