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U.S. COURT holds that it has jurisdiction to grant a prejudgment remedy relating to a foreign arbitration

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This case addresses the important and divisive issue of whether the Federal Arbitration Act and the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards deprive a United States District Court court of jurisdiction to order injunctions and grant provisional remedies while an international arbitration is pending in London. Relying on precedent from the Second Circuit, a Connecticut District Court denied a motion to dismiss, holding that it has jurisdiction to entertain a motion for a prejudgment remedy by a party to an arbitration currently pending in London. However, it denied a motion requiring the immediate disclosure of assets. Bahrain Telecommunications v. DiscoveryTel, Inc., Case No. 3:05cv1957 (D. Ct. March 9, 2007)