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International Arbitration Yearbook, 13th Edition – now available!

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We are pleased to announce that the latest edition of the Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook is now available. This year, in recognition of both our clients’ preferences for soft copy material and our commitment to sustainability, the Yearbook is being published electronically via our Global Arbitration News blog, rather than in hard copy. This new edition reviews important developments in arbitration over the past year across 43 jurisdictions, including: The increasing use of artificial…

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The Year Ahead: Developments in Global Litigation and Arbitration in 2020

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We are pleased to inform you that The Year Ahead 2020 – our publication looking at key developments in global litigation and arbitration for the coming year – is now available to read and download at: https://bakermckenzie.turtl.co/story/the-year-ahead-2020 The report looks at major themes for 2020 and highlights future developments in 26 jurisdictions. The report is a helpful tool to understand what trends are emerging and what is around the corner. This guide has been compiled by…

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Delegation of Arbitrability

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Abstract: Fifth Circuit finds no clear and unmistakable intent to delegate arbitrability to the arbitrators for issues subject to a carve-out in the arbitration clause – Archer and White Sales, Inc. v. Henry Schein, Inc., No. 16-41674 (5th Cir. Aug. 14, 2019). In January 2019, the United States Supreme Court determined that the “wholly groundless” exception to enforcing an arbitration agreement, upon which the motion to compel arbitration in this case had previously been denied,…

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First Circuit affirms that a generic choice of law provision is not a sufficient basis for state arbitration statute standard for vacatur to displace grounds in the Federal Arbitration Act

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Dialysis Access Center, LLC v. RMS Lifeline, Inc. No. 17-2014 (1st Cir. Aug. 1, 2019) Appellant Dialysis Access Center, LLC (“DAC”), a Puerto Rico LLC, and Appellee RMS Lifeline, Inc. (“RMS”), a Delaware corporation, entered into an agreement in 2007 containing a choice of Puerto Rican law clause and an arbitration clause requiring submission to arbitration under the rules of the American Health Lawyers Association (“AHLA”). The parties arbitrated a dispute that resulted in an…

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