Baker McKenzie’s Arbitration Yearbook 10th Anniversary Edition 2016-2017
Click here for the chapter on the United States in the 2016-2017 Arbitration Yearbook.
Arbitration News from the United States
U.S.: District court grants application for discovery pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 in aid...
In re Application of the Children's Inv. Fund Found. (UK), Sir Christopher Hohn, and Axon Partners, LP for An Order to Take Discovery Pursuant...
U.S.: District court recognizes as preclusive final, non-appealable Singapore judgment holding that parties had...
China Shipping Container Lines Co. Ltd. v. Big Port Serv. DMCC, No. 15 Civ. 2006 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 15, 2019)
Through a series of subcontracts,...
U.S.: District court grants default judgment against an absent defendant and enforces arbitral award...
Tidewater Inv. SRL v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, No. 17-1457 (TJK) (D.D.C. Dec. 17, 2018)
Plaintiffs Tidewater Investment SRL and its subsidiary Tidewater Caribe,...
U.S.: Sixth Circuit compels arbitration where attack was on validity of contract, not validity...
Rogers v. Swepi LP, No. 18-3229 (6th Cir. Dec. 10, 2018)
In 2011, Matt Rogers entered into a lease agreement governing oil and gas...
U.S.: Second Circuit holds that arbitration provision did not become part of contract where...
Starke v. SquareTrade, Inc., No. 17-2474-cv (2d Cir. Jan. 10, 2019)
In January 2016, Plaintiff purchased a 2-Year Electronics Protection Plan (the "Protection Plan")...
U.S.: Fourth Circuit directs district court to compel arbitration where agreement contained clear and...
Novic v. Credit One Bank, N.A., No. 17-2168 (4th Cir. Jan 4, 2019)
Charleene Novic had entered into a credit agreement to obtain a...
U.S.: District court grants motion to compel arbitration in accordance with broad arbitration clause...
SteppeChange LLC v. VEON Ltd., No. 18-cv-04842 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 5, 2018)
Plaintiff SteppeChange, LLC ("SteppeChange") a California-based tech company, was involved in two...
U.S.: Appellate court reverses trial court order compelling arbitration, finding parties did not enter...
Skuse v. Pfizer, Inc., No. A-3027-17T4 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Jan. 16, 2019)
In November 2017, Plaintiff Amy Skuse ("Skuse") filed a complaint...
U.S.: Appellate court vacates corrected partial final arbitration award and final arbitration award on...
Am. Int'l Specialty Lines Ins. Co. v. Allied Capital Corp., Index. No. 656341/16, 2018 NY Slip Op 07194 (N.Y. App. Div. Oct. 25, 2018)...
U.S.: Fifth Circuit holds that party waived right to compel arbitration by invoking the...
Forby v. One Technologies, L.P., No. 17-10883 (5th Cir. Nov. 28, 2018)
On April 24, 2015, Vickie Forby filed a class action in state...
