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David Zaslowsky has been practicing international litigation and international arbitration for almost 40 years. He has been Chambers-ranked in international arbitration and also sits as an arbitrator. He specializes in technology cases and is the editor of the Firm's Blockchain Blog and its International Litigation & Arbitration Newsletter.

Arbitration Procedure July 11, 2019

U.S.: District court denies motion to dismiss petition to enforce non-party arbitration summonses and enforces the summonses.

Wash. Nat’l Ins. Co. v. Obex Grp. LLC, No. 18 CV 9693 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 18, 2019) [click for opinion] Washington National Insurance Company (“Petitioner”)…

North America July 4, 2019

U.S.: . Ninth Circuit holds that settlement agreement entered as an order by a purported arbitrator, without attendant arbitral proceedings, is not a foreign arbitral award under the New York Convention.

Castro v. TriMarine Fish Co. LLC, No. 17-35703 (9th Cir. Feb. 27, 2019) [click for opinion] Plaintiff Castro was injured while working as a…

North America July 1, 2019

U.S.: District court refuses to confirm unreasoned arbitration award and remands it to the arbitrator for clarification.

Smarter Tools Inc. v. Chongqing SENCI Import & Export Trade Co., No. 18-cv-2714 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 26, 2019) [click for opinion] Smarter Tools Inc. (“STI”),…

North America June 21, 2019

U.S.: District court stays enforcement proceedings pending foreign appeal of the arbitral award.

Gretton Ltd. v. Republic of Uzbekistan, No. 18-cv-01755 (D.D.C. Feb. 6, 2019) [click for opinion] Petitioner, Gretton Ltd. (“Gretton”), is a litigation funder. Following…

North America June 6, 2019

U.S.: District court confirms an arbitration award by an appellate panel that overturned the original award.

Hamilton v. Navient Solutions, LLC, No. 18-cv-5432 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 14, 2019) [click for opinion] Lucin Hamilton obtained a student loan from Navient Solutions, LLC…

Arbitration Agreements June 4, 2019

U.S.: Supreme Court reverses the Ninth Circuit and holds that ambiguity in a contract on the issue of whether the parties agreed to allow class arbitration is not a sufficient basis for ordering class arbitration.

Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, No. 17–988, __ U.S. __ (April 24, 2019) [click for opinion] In 2016, a hacker tricked an employee of petitioner…

Arbitration Agreements May 23, 2019

U.S.: District court denies motion to compel arbitration of Defendants’ counterclaims when Plaintiffs intentionally delayed seeking arbitration, thereby waiving their right to arbitration.

HTC Corp. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, No. 6:18-CV-00243-JRG (E.D. Tex. Jan. 22, 2019) [click for opinion] Before the district court was Plaintiffs’ motion to…

Arbitrability April 15, 2019

U.S.: District court recognizes as preclusive final, non-appealable Singapore judgment holding that parties had no agreement to arbitrate.

China Shipping Container Lines Co. Ltd. v. Big Port Serv. DMCC, No. 15 Civ. 2006 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 15, 2019) [click for opinion] Through a…

Arbitrability April 4, 2019

U.S.: Sixth Circuit compels arbitration where attack was on validity of contract, not validity of arbitration provision, and remands case to district court to decide on permissibility of class arbitration.

Rogers v. Swepi LP, No. 18-3229 (6th Cir. Dec. 10, 2018) [click for opinion] In 2011, Matt Rogers entered into a lease agreement governing…

Arbitrability March 28, 2019

U.S.: Fourth Circuit directs district court to compel arbitration where agreement contained clear and unmistakable language providing the arbitrator with the power to determine his or her jurisdiction.

Novic v. Credit One Bank, N.A., No. 17-2168 (4th Cir. Jan 4, 2019) [click for opinion] Charleene Novic had entered into a credit agreement…

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