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Arbitration News from the United States
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")...
Enforcement of Intra-EU Investment Treaty Arbitration Awards in U.S. Remains Unclear After D.C. Court’s...
In Micula v. Romania, a D.C. district court judge recently enforced an investor-state arbitration award in a case brought by nationals of a European...
Fifth Circuit holds that question of whether arbitration agreement prohibits class arbitration is for...
20/20 Communications, Inc. v. Crawford, No. 18-10260 (5th Cir. July 22, 2019)
20/20 Communications, Inc. ("20/20"), a direct-sales and marketing company, had required its sales...
District court holds Respondents in contempt for violating the court’s anti-suit injunction order
Jolen, Inc. v. Kundan Rice Mills, Ltd., No. 19-cv-01296 (S.D.N.Y. July 9, 2019)
In November 2004, the parties executed an Exclusive Trademark License Agreement...
