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Ascension Data & Analytics LLC terminated its contract with Pairprep Inc. for data extraction services after an alleged data breach involving Pairprep’s servers and Pairprep’s alleged “failure to extract reliable data.”...more
We all know that federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. What does that mean in the arbitration context? Something new as of March 31st! Federal courts do not have stand-alone jurisdiction to hear any...more
On October 2, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit confronted the question whether a federal district court in Texas had jurisdiction to vacate an arbitration award in Florida. The district court answered...more
Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini analyzed a case involving a plaintiff’s claim of negligence, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and a federal age discrimination...more
In Texas Brine Co., L.L.C. v. American Arbitration Association, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently addressed a question of first impression involving an interesting twist on removal...more
The Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) §7 (9 U.S.C. §7) enables arbitrators to “summon … any person to attend before them or any of them as a witness and in a proper case to bring with him or them any [document] which may be...more
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Virginia federal court’s dismissal of a challenge to an arbitration award. The underlying dispute arose out of a lawsuit filed by Alvin Moore against his email service provider,...more
Plaintiff Syed Nazim Ali appealed a Northern District of California judgment dismissing Plaintiffs’ diversity action against FINRA alleging state law claims arising from an arbitration proceeding....more
The Second Circuit has upheld an order granting a petition by Hermès of Paris to compel arbitration after Matthew Swain, a former employee, sued Hermès and a coworker in state court for alleged violations of state...more
Choice Hotels filed an application to confirm an arbitration award of over $247,000 for the alleged breach of a franchise agreement by two defendants, which failed to timely commence construction of a hotel. The defendants...more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Constitutional Challenge: record title owner’s argument that Florida Statutes section 702.035, governing “Legal notice concerning foreclosure proceedings,” is an unconstitutional...more
In a recent interlocutory appeal of a matter involving an arbitration of a claim for $80 million, but in which only $10,000 was awarded, the Fifth Circuit held that the amount in controversy for purposes of establishing...more
Late last month, a federal district court in New York tackled procedural challenges to an arbitration confirmation proceeding. The arbitration arose from a dispute between an insurer and its reinsurer over the amount due to...more
The Fifth Circuit Bar Association’s summary reports: “Appellants were investors who suffered financial losses as a result of R. Allen Stanford’s Ponzi scheme. In their arbitration complaint, they sought $80 million in...more