Amid economic and policy uncertainty in China, the bulk of Apple’s manufacturing is shifting to India. Many suppliers in Apple’s Chinese supply chain have either stopped recruiting or are laying off workers, while Apple’s contract manufacturers in India are furiously hiring. In Shanghai, Pegatron, the second-largest contract manufacturer of Apple in China (after Foxconn) and…

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on June 13 that a Chinese manufacturer is not allowed to use the U.S. legal system to compel production of evidence in a private arbitration taking place overseas. The high court held that federal district courts are unable to compel discovery in an arbitration case outside the United States governed…

A Chinese manufacturer should not be allowed to use the U.S. legal system to compel production of evidence in a private arbitration taking place overseas, the Supreme Court heard March 23 in a case fast-tracked from a federal appeals court. The Supreme Court’s decision in the case may help to determine the reach of the…

The Supreme Court agreed to resolve whether parties in private arbitration outside the country are able to use U.S. courts to compel the production of evidence. The decision to grant the petition for certiorari, or review, on Dec. 10 in ZF Automotive US Inc. v. Luxshare Ltd., came after the high court blocked a lower…

The Supreme Court stayed a lower court’s order on Oct. 27 that would force a Michigan company to hand over documents to a Chinese manufacturer disputing the value of the assets of the company’s German parent company that it purchased in 2017. In the case, ZF Automotive U.S. Inc. v. Luxshare Ltd., court file 21-401,…