November 13, 2017
China's state-owned Hisense Co. Ltd. on Monday won the toss of a First Amendment suit Sharp Corp. filed against it over a gag order issued by a Singapore arbitrator, as a Washington, D.C., federal judge ruled that the Japanese electronics maker did not show government involvement in the arbitration.
November 07, 2017
Sharp Corp. told a D.C. federal court on Monday that it has the right to contend that a gag order barring it from discussing ongoing arbitration with units of a Chinese state-owned electronics manufacturer flouts U.S. public policy, saying the presiding arbitration center's rules don't keep it from challenging the ruling as unenforceable in the United States.
September 25, 2017
Units of a Chinese state-owned electronics manufacturer on Friday asked a D.C. federal court to toss Sharp Corp.'s lawsuit to lift a gag order barring it from discussing ongoing arbitration between them, saying the order is not an unconstitutional infringement on protected speech.
August 15, 2017
Sharp Corp. filed a lawsuit in Washington, D.C., federal court Tuesday to lift a gag order barring the electronics maker from discussing ongoing arbitration against Chinese state-owned Hisense Co. Ltd., attacking what it called a blatant First Amendment violation by a Singapore arbitrator.