Conn. Practice Book § 13-21

(a) If an applicable treaty or convention renders

discovery inadequate or inequitable but does not

prohibit additional discovery, the judicial authority

may order, upon application of any party, discovery on such terms and conditions as the judicial

authority deems just and equitable after considering the following:

(1) other methods of discovery specified or

allowed in any applicable international treaty or

convention, including any reservations;

(2) whether all applicable international treaties

and conventions prohibit one or more specified

methods of discovery;

(3) whether the method of discovery violates

the criminal law of the foreign nation involved;

(4) whether the foreign nation’s procedure

will allow the parties to directly apply to the foreign nation’s courts for judicial assistance in

obtaining discovery;

(5) the importance of the requested documents

or other information to the litigation;

(6) the degree of specificity of the request;

(7) whether the information originated within the

United States;

(8) the availability of alternate means of obtaining the information;

(9) the extent noncompliance with the request

would undermine important interests of the United

States;

(10) the extent compliance with the request

would undermine important interests of the foreign

nation involved;

(11) whether the discovery sought, or the

method sought to be employed, is unreasonably

intrusive or burdensome under the circumstances;

(12) whether the request can be modified to

make it reasonable under the circumstances;

(13) whether the foreign party is wholly or partially owned by a foreign nation or the instrumentality of a foreign nation;

(14) the cost of compliance;

(15) whether the foreign country requires that

discovery be obtained through a judicial officer.

(b) As used in this section, discovery includes

the taking of testimony by deposition upon oral

examination.