Baker McKenzie’s Arbitration Yearbook 10th Anniversary Edition 2016-2017Â
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Arbitration News from the United States
U.S.: Supreme Court holds that class and collective action waivers in employment arbitration agreements...
Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, 138 S. Ct. 1612 (2018)
In these three consolidated cases, Plaintiff-Employees brought class action suits against their employers for...
U.S.: District court finds motion to confirm award was properly served pursuant to terms...
Voltage Pictures, LLC v. Gulf Film, LLC, LACV 18-00696-VAP (C.D. Cal. Apr. 17, 2018)
Between 2013 and 2015, Voltage Pictures and Gulf Film entered...
U.S.: Second Circuit holds that a party seeking to vacate an award must...
Certain Underwriting Members of Lloyds of London v. Insurance Company of the Americas, No. 17-1137-cv (2d Cir. June 7, 2018)
Petitioners-Appellees, Insurance Company of...
U.S.: District court judgment vacating award overturned for failure to apply CISG and to...
Transmar Commodity Group Ltd. v. Cooperativa Agraria Industrial Naranjillo Ltda., No. 16-3532-cv (2d Cir. May 9, 2018)
In 2013, Transmar Commodity Group Ltd. ("Transmar")...
U.S.: New York Supreme Court holds that when a parties’ agreement specifically incorporates or...
Footprint Power Salem Harbor Dev., L.P. v. Iberdrola Energy Products, Inc., Index No. 651963/2018 (NY Sup. Ct. May 1, 2018)
Footprint Power Salem Harbor...
U.S.: District court refuses to allow non-parties to arbitration to intervene in enforcement proceedings,...
Eddystone Rail Co. v. Jamex Transfer Servs., LLC, No. 17-cv-1266 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 7, 2018)
A district court in the Southern District of New York...
U.S.: Second Circuit affirms bankruptcy and district court decisions to deny motion to compel...
Anderson v. Credit One Bank, N.A. (In re Anderson), 884 F.3d 382 (2d Cir. 2018)
Plaintiff was a credit card holder with Credit One...
U.S.: District court refuses to stay enforcement of an award pending foreign challenge but...
Tatneft v. Ukraine, No. 17-582 (D.D.C. Mar. 19, 2018)
On July 4, 1995, Tatarstan and Ukraine entered into an agreement to create CJSC Ukrtatnafta...
U.S.:District court confirms ICSID award and refuses to stay enforcement pending foreign proceeding. Â
Rusoro Mining Ltd. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, No. 16-cv-02020 (D.D.C. Mar. 1, 2018)
Rusoro, a Canadian company, owned 58 mining concessions and contracts...
U.S.: District court holds arbitration awards entered by parties’ consent are subject to the...
Transocean Offshore Gulf of Guinea VII Ltd. v. Erin Energy Corp., No. H-17-2623 (S.D. Tex. Mar. 12, 2018)
Petitioners, Transocean Offshore Gulf of Guinea...
