The US’ wide-reaching mandate for document discovery frequently comes into conflict with European privacy laws. Kristy Grant looks at how the international jurisdictions are attempting to solve the issues
It’s a frequent headache for many a US law firm: a US court or regulator requires a multinational company to turn over records from its international subsidiaries. It can be complex enough to locate relevant information held by custodians employed by numerous subsidiaries and stored on servers in multiple countries around the world, but then the question is asked – is the data collection lawful?
