Court Compels Discovery from Foreign Corporation Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
In re Global Power Equip. Group, Inc., 418 B.R. 833 (Bankr. D. Del. 2009)
Upon a motion to compel production of documents from claimant, a foreign corporation, the court found the documents at issue to be within the control of the claimant and, applying the “comity analysis” as articulated by the United States Supreme Court, determined that the contested matter “should and shall be conducted under the Federal Rules and not under the Hague Evidence Convention.” Accordingly, the motion to compel was granted and claimant was ordered to comply with the contested discovery requests “in accordance with the Federal Rules.”