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Arbitration News from the United States
Ninth Circuit Court vacates arbitration award based on reasonable impression of arbitrator bias
In Monster Energy Co. v. City Beverages, LLC, Nos. 17-55813 & 17-56082 (9th Cir. Oct. 22, 2019), the United States Court of Appeals for...
Application to reject award based on public-policy defense under the New York Convention fails
In Sladjana Cvoro v. Carnival Corp., , the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the judgment of a district court...
Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2019-2020 – United States of America
UNITED STATES
Brandon Caire
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES
A.1Â Â Â Â Â Legislation
The United States is a federal jurisdiction with arbitration-related legislation existing at both the federal (national) and state...
Delegation of Arbitrability
Abstract: Fifth Circuit finds no clear and unmistakable intent to delegate arbitrability to the arbitrators for issues subject to a carve-out in the...
No Confirmation of an Award Against Non-Signatory
Abstract: District court holds non-signatory to three arbitration agreements is not bound to arbitrate because it did not merge with signatories' parent company, but...
District court refuses to compel arbitration where party had merely objected to arbitrability of...
International Engineering & Construction S.A. v. Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC, No. 18-cv-9241 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 13, 2019)
This case arose from three contracts, entered...
First Circuit affirms that a generic choice of law provision is not a sufficient...
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,...
Event Highlight: NEW YORK ARBITRATION WEEK – November 20-22, 2019
Welcome to Arb Week
New York is the leading center for international arbitration in the United States and one of the leading arbitral centers in...
District court confirms foreign arbitral award under New York Convention and denies petition to...
Superior Energy Services Columbia S.A.S. v. Premium Petroleum Services S. de R.L., No. 18-cv-7704 (S.D.N.Y. June 28, 2019)
Petitioners, Houston-based suppliers to the oil...
Louisiana Supreme Court rules that Louisiana’s non-resident attachment statute allows for attachment in aid...
Stemcor USA Inc. v. CIA Siderurgica Do Para Cosipar, No. 2018-CQ-1728
America Metals Trading L.L.P. ("AMT") and South Korean trading company, Daewoo International Corp. ("Daewoo")...
