Supreme Court Declines Opportunity to Address GDPR's Effect on U.S. Discovery (May 2021)
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The EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the EU’s much publicized privacy law, which took effect in May 2018, is becoming increasingly relevant in U.S. litigation, as parties consider whether and to what extent the GDPR affects their discovery obligations. While lower courts have considered the issue, the U.S. Supreme Court has just declined an opportunity to do so in Vesuvius USA Corp. v. Phillips, No. 20-1275.
