Opinion ID: 3014436
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Heading: prohibited the District Court from

Text: enforcing a subpoena on a non-party for Hay Group (“H ay”) is a documents outside the Court’s territorial management consulting firm. David A. jurisdiction. Hoffrichter left Hay’s employment and joined PwC in September 1999. In early In November 2002, the District 2002, PwC sold the division employing Court issued a decision enforcing the Hoffrichter to E.B.S. subpoenas and ordering the parties to resolve any remaining differences. In Hoffrichter’s separation agreement doing so, the District Court accepted the from Hay contained a clause that forbade view of the Eighth Circuit and several him from soliciting any of Hay’s district courts that the FAA authorizes employees or clients for one year. The arbitration panels to issue subpoenas on agreement further provided for arbitration non-parties for pre-hearing document to resolve any dispute arising under the production. The District Court also held agreement. In February 2000, Hay that even under the view of the Fourth commenced such an arbitration proceeding Circuit, which permits such production in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, against only when there is a “special need,” the Hoffrichter, claiming that he had violated panel’s subpoenas would be valid. In the non-solicitation clause. addition, the District Court held that it had the power to enforce subpoenas on non- In an attempt to obtain information parties for document production even if for the arbitration, Hay served subpoenas the documents were located outside the for documents on E.B.S. at its Pittsburgh territory within which the court’s office and on PwC at its Philadelphia subpoenas could be served. office. Hay sought to have the documents 2 PwC and E.B.S. then filed the may issue a subpoena requiring prepresent appeal. The District Court denied hearing document production by a person their motion to stay its order pending or entity that is not bound by the appeal, but our Court granted their arbitration agreement (hereinafter a “nonemergency motion for a stay. party”).