Baker McKenzie’s Arbitration Yearbook 2018-2019 Edition Â
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Arbitration News from the United States
Florida state appellate court rules on issue of arbitrability
In Doe v. Natt, No. 2D19-1383 (Fla. 2d DCA Mar. 25, 2020) , a Texas couple, referred to as John and Jane Doe, filed...
ICDR Y&I Online Debate – Virtual Hearings and Cybersecurity in International Arbitration
Baker & McKenzie will be "hosting" the ICDR Y&I online debate on virtual hearings and cybersecurity, on Wednesday, July 24 at 11:00 am ET...
Resolving Circuit Split, US Supreme Court Unanimously Rules That New York Convention Does Not...
On June 1, 2020, in GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp. v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC, the US Supreme Court ruled, in a...
Three Ways To Let Arbitrators Control International Arbitration Discovery
Section 1782 of Title 28 of the U.S. Code is a very powerful tool that authorizes the obtaining of discovery in the U.S. for...
New York District court denies request to vacate arbitration award
In Galilea, LLC v. AGCS Marine Ins. Co., No. 19-CV-05768 (VEC) (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 16, 2019), Petitioners, Galilea, LLC and Christopher Kittler, owners of a...
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...
