Wartsila N. America, Inc. v. Int’l Centre for Dispute Resolution, No. H-18-1531 (S.D. Tex. Aug. 15, 2018) [click for opinion] Plaintiffs, Wärtsilä North America, Inc. (“Wartsila NA”) and Wärtsilä Finland Oy (“Wartsila Finland”) (collectively, “Wartsila”), filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas against Defendants, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (“ICDR”), a division of the American Arbitration Association, Inc. (“AAA”), and Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (“Hartford”).…
Recent Development On December 5, 2017, the Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils (FIDIC) launched the second edition of the…
Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, 138 S. Ct. 1612 (2018) [click for opinion] In these three consolidated cases,…
Voltage Pictures, LLC v. Gulf Film, LLC, LACV 18-00696-VAP (C.D. Cal. Apr. 17, 2018) [click for opinion] Between 2013 and 2015, Voltage Pictures and Gulf Film entered into eleven distribution license agreements concerning the distribution of eleven motion pictures in certain countries in the Middle East (the “Distribution Agreements”). The Distribution Agreements called for all disputes to be resolved by binding arbitration under the Independent Film & Television Alliance (“IFTA”) International Arbitration Rules. A dispute…
Certain Underwriting Members of Lloyds of London v. Insurance Company of the Americas, No. 17-1137-cv (2d Cir. June…
Transmar Commodity Group Ltd. v. Cooperativa Agraria Industrial Naranjillo Ltda., No. 16-3532-cv (2d Cir. May 9, 2018) [click…
Footprint Power Salem Harbor Dev., L.P. v. Iberdrola Energy Products, Inc., Index No. 651963/2018 (NY Sup. Ct. May 1, 2018) [click for opinion] Footprint Power Salem Harbor Development, LP (“Footprint”) entered into an Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contract (the “EPC Contract”) with Iberdrola Energy Products, Inc. (“Iberdrola”) for the construction of a power station in Massachusetts. Footprint later terminated the EPC Contract for cause. Iberdrola began an arbitration proceeding before the International Centre for Dispute…
British Columbia is now the second Canadian province to modernize its international arbitration legislation by adopting the 2006…
Eddystone Rail Co. v. Jamex Transfer Servs., LLC, No. 17-cv-1266 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 7, 2018) [click for opinion] A…
Anderson v. Credit One Bank, N.A. (In re Anderson), 884 F.3d 382 (2d Cir. 2018) [click for opinion] Plaintiff was a credit card holder with Credit One Bank, N.A.’s predecessor (the “Bank”). On March 12, 2012, the Bank “charged off” Plaintiff’s outstanding credit card debt; that is, the Bank changed those debts in its books from a receivable to a loss. The Bank then sold Plaintiff’s debt to a third-party buyer, and externally reported the…