Legal Opinion
Quaak v. Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler Bedrijfsrevisoren
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 8, 2004No. 03-2704PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
It is widely thought that “[n]o aspect of the extension of the American legal system beyond the territorial frontier of the United States has given rise to so much friction as the requests for documents in investigation and litigation in the United States.” Restatement (Third) of Foreign Relations Law of the United States § 442, reporters’ note 1 (1987). As the imperatives of transnational business shrink the size of the globe, the task of devising an effective yet respectful paradigm for easing this friction becomes more and more urgent. The instant appeal brings the…
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