Manhattan federal judge Jesse Furman has ordered an unnamed corporation engaged in private arbitration with a man under criminal investigation to turn over documents and transcripts subpoenaed by a Manhattan grand jury, even though the materials are under an arbitrator’s protective order. Because of heavy redactions in the decision and the briefs, we don’t know a whole lot about the underlying arbitration or criminal investigation. But Alison Frankel explains why Furman decided not to extend the 2nd Circuit rule shielding confidential discovery in civil litigation to arbitration.
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