The applicants and a related party obtained orders enforcing letters of request from a Florida court to compel the respondent to produce documents from electronic devices held by an independent third party (PWC).
The US court ordered the respondent to produce non-privileged documents, but on the deadline, his US counsel moved to withdraw, and the respondent unilaterally instructed PWC to revoke his US counsel's access to the database.
The court directed PWC to restore the US counsel's access, finding that the respondent could not unilaterally frustrate the discovery process by firing his lawyer.
