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U.S. Supreme Court Decides that Federal Courts Should Stay, Rather than Dismiss, Cases that Are Subject to Arbitration, If One...

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided an issue concerning cases that are subject to arbitration that has divided the federal courts of appeals: when the claims at issue in a federal court suit are subject to arbitration, does...more

Litigants in Two Major International Arbitrations Ask the Supreme Court to Review the Standard for Showing “Evident Partiality” By...

Conflicts of interest are of great interest to law firms, prosecutors, and arbitrators. In two major international arbitrations, parties are seeking review by the United States Supreme Court of the standard that courts...more

Another Petition to U.S. Supreme Court Seeks Review of the Standard Governingthe Vacatur of Arbitration Awards Based on Arbitrator...

The standard that courts should apply in deciding whether to vacate an arbitration award based on arbitrator conflicts of interest is drawing increased focus in appeals to the United States Supreme Court. As this blog...more

Understanding the Differences in the Enforcement of Arbitration Awards and Expert Determinations

Is there a difference in enforcement between an arbitration award and an expert determination pursuant to a contract? The answer is yes, according to a recent ruling by the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that includes...more

Can An International Arbitration Award Be Vacated When The Seat Of Arbitration Is The US Or US Law Is The Substantive Law?

Under existing precedent in the 11th Circuit, which includes Florida, federal courts cannot overturn international arbitration awards on the ground that the arbitrators “exceeded their powers,” a frequently invoked ground for...more

U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Petitions to Confirm or Vacate Arbitration Awards Cannot Be Brought In Federal Court Simply Because...

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that, unlike petitions to compel arbitration, petitions to confirm or vacate an arbitration award cannot be brought in federal court simply because the underlying dispute involves a federal...more

Strategies To Collect International Arbitration Awards

Strategies to Collect International Arbitration Awards- One of the problems that parties to international arbitration face is that the opposing party may attempt to move its assets so that if an award it entered against...more

U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Review Whether The Federal Arbitration Act Forecloses Public-Policy Challenges To Arbitration...

For the second time in four years, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to resolve an arbitration-related issue that state and federal courts have been wrestling with over the last decade: whether the Federal Arbitration Act...more

Petition Seeks Supreme Court Review Of Standard For Determining Federal Court Jurisdiction Over Motions To Confirm Or Vacate...

An employee of a Louisiana financial service company who lost in an employment-related arbitration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve an arbitration-related issue that has divided the circuit courts: Do federal...more

The Importance Of Arbitrator Impartiality And Lack Of Conflicts Of Interest

Arbitration awards may be vacated or annulled based on arbitrator conflicts of interest and even just an appearance of impropriety. Read how different arbitrations deal with disqualification motions. The Importance of...more

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