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Michigan Supreme Court Declines Application for Leave to Appeal Lower Court’s Vacation of Arbitration Award

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In Michigan AFSCME Council 25 v. County of Wayne, the Supreme Court of Michigan declined an application filed by Michigan AFSCME Council 25 and Affiliated Local 101 for leave to appeal a judgment of the circuit court and...more

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South Carolina Supreme Court Vacates Award, Finds Arbitration Panel Manifestly Disregarded Statutory Law

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National Golf Management LLC sold 13 golf courses to a buyer represented by broker Andrew Waldo. NGM was represented in a previous transaction by Michael Cousins. Although Cousins had no written representation agreement with...more

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The California Supreme Court (and Court of Appeal) - October 16 - October 20, 2023

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The California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One, issued the following decision on October 17, 2023: FCM Investments, LLC v. Grove Pham, LLC, et al., Case No. D080801: Though an agreement to privately...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Grounds for Vacating an Arbitration Award Remain Extremely Limited

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision last week upholding an arbitral award, despite the failure of the arbitrators to make certain pertinent disclosures. The case involves an international arbitration...more

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How Final Is a Final Award? Turns Out, It Is Difficult to “Escapes!” a Final Arbitration Award in a Construction Conflict

How final is a final arbitration award? In Escapes! To the Shores Condominium Association, Inc., et al. v. Hoar Construction, LLC, and Architectural Surfaces, Inc., the plaintiff condo association argued that an arbitration...more

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SDNY Rejects Cross-Petition To Vacate Arbitration Award, Rejecting Claims of Manifest Disregard of Law and “Evident Partiality”

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Recognizing arbitration awards are subject to “very limited review” and should be confirmed, “so long as there is a ‘barely colorable justification’ for the outcome that the arbitrator reached,” the U.S. District Court for...more

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First Circuit Vacates Order Compelling Arbitration Over Arbitrator Selection Clause

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The First Circuit vacated an order compelling arbitration after finding that the arbitrator selection clause was unconscionable. The court nevertheless remanded the case to the district court to determine if the selection...more

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Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Arbitration Issue (But Not the Expected One)

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On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. to decide a question that has divided the federal circuit courts and state supreme courts: “whether a provision...more

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Federal Appeals Court Vacates Arbitration Award, Concluding Arbitrator Issued Own “Brand of Industrial Justice”

In the field of labor relations, there exist some rare occurrences, things that happen so seldom that it seems as if they are impossible.  As we’ve previously discussed, one such “unicorn sighting” is the NLRB overturning an...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Employers Need To Start Caring About Arbitrator Disclosure.

Know thy provider. (Last in a four-part series.) In Monster Energy Company v. City Beverages, LLC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently vacated an arbitration decision where the arbitrator had disclosed...more

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Watching the Watchmen: Ninth Circuit Clarifies Courts’ Role in Reviewing Arbitration Awards - Construction and Procurement Law...

In the words of Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. of the Ninth Circuit, “[w]e have become an arbitration nation.” Nonetheless, arbitration is a creature of contract, and there are limits to what an arbitrator may do. In Aspic...more

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Who Decides The Arbitrability of The Dispute – Part II

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In July 2018, our Construction Alert addressed the question of who decides the arbitrability of a dispute when your contract includes an arbitration clause. Is it a court or the arbitrator? How did the “wholly groundless”...more

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Adopting AAA Rules to Govern Arbitration Proceedings May - or May Not - Allow U.S. Arbitrators to Decide Gateway Questions of...

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Can arbitrators determine what issues they have the power to decide? According to the U.S. Supreme Court, they can, provided there is “clear and unmistakable evidence” the parties intended to delegate threshold questions to...more

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SCOTUS Finds “Wholly Groundless” Exception to Arbitrability Inconsistent with Federal Arbitration Act

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Arbitration clauses are commonplace in corporate transactions, including those in the product liability arena. Whether the agreement concerns the distribution of a product to a seller or the sale of a product to a consumer,...more

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Another Win for Arbitration: Supreme Court Rejects “Wholly Groundless” Exception to Arbitrability

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In January 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision confirming the broad power of arbitrators and the strict enforcement of arbitration agreements. In a unanimous decision authored by Justice Kavanaugh, the Court in...more

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Supreme Court Gives Teeth to Delegation Clauses in Arbitration Provisions

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Taking the time to include a well-crafted arbitration agreement in your employment contracts sometimes feels like a moot point, but a recent unanimous U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales,...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Holds Arbitrability Questions Not Subject to A “Wholly Groundless” Exception

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Archer & White Sales, Inc. (“Archer”) sued Henry Schein, Inc. (“Schein”) in federal court seeking both monetary and injunctive relief....more

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A Win for Employers: Justice Kavanaugh and Supreme Court Issue Pro-Arbitration Opinion

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In his first opinion since being confirmed to the Supreme Court, Justice Kavanaugh was joined by his fellow justices in unanimously deciding that delegation clauses in arbitration agreements must be enforced. Delegation...more

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The Bermann Objection: Re-Thinking the “Clear and Unmistakable” Manifestation Test re Who Decides Arbitrability Issues

Gateway issues of arbitrability are presumptively for a court, rather than an arbitrator, to decide in the first instance. First Options of Chicago, Inc. v. Kaplan, 514 U.S. 938 (1995). But arbitration is a creature of...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Supreme Court and Second Circuit Issue Pair of Rulings Expanding Authority of Arbitration Tribunals in U.S.

In 1925, Congress passed and President Coolidge signed the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., which provides that arbitrators, not judges and juries, must decide the issues that the parties agreed to...more

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SCOTUS Releases Unanimous Opinions In Two Arbitration Cases

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In the past two weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court released two unanimous opinions regarding enforcement of arbitration agreements under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc., and...more

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Arbitration Justice Kavanaugh eliminates wholly groundless exception to delegation clauses

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Takeaway: Justice Kavanaugh’s first Supreme Court opinion is yet another High Court reminder that, when it comes to arbitration, the contract controls. If parties agree that an arbitrator should resolve the “gateway” issue...more

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Arbitration Roundup: Three Recent Cases Consider the Interpretation and Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements

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The Supreme Court and the Third Circuit decided three cases in the last week relating to the interpretation and enforceability of arbitration agreements. We discuss them below. Third Circuit Compels Arbitration of an...more

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The Supreme Court Strengthens Ability of Arbitrators to Determine Their Own Jurisdiction

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On January 8, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc.—the first opinion authored by Justice Brett Kavanaugh—reaffirming that, where parties have agreed to...more

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Supreme Court Rejects the “Wholly Groundless” Exception to Arbitrators Determining Arbitrability

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Our International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Team examines how the Supreme Court resolved a circuit split over who decides the question of arbitrability—i.e., whether a claim falls within the scope of an arbitration...more

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