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 denies motion to dismiss petition to enforce non-party arbitration summonses and...
Wash. Nat'l Ins. Co. v. Obex Grp. LLC, No. 18 CV 9693 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 18, 2019)
Washington National Insurance Company ("Petitioner") claims it was...
U.S.: District court confirms foreign arbitral award under New York Convention despite pending set...
Compañía de Inversiones Mercantiles S.A. v. Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, S.A.B. de C.V., No. 15-CV-02120 (D. Colo. Mar. 25, 2019)
Respondents Grupo Cementos de...
U.S.: . Ninth Circuit holds that settlement agreement entered as an order by a...
Castro v. TriMarine Fish Co. LLC, No. 17-35703 (9th Cir. Feb. 27, 2019)
Plaintiff Castro was injured while working as a deck hand aboard...
U.S.: District court refuses to confirm unreasoned arbitration award and remands it to the...
Smarter Tools Inc. v. Chongqing SENCI Import & Export Trade Co., No. 18-cv-2714 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 26, 2019)
Smarter Tools Inc. ("STI"), a Virginia corporation,...
U.S.: District court stays enforcement proceedings pending foreign appeal of the arbitral award.
Gretton Ltd. v. Republic of Uzbekistan, No. 18-cv-01755 (D.D.C. Feb. 6, 2019)
Petitioner, Gretton Ltd. ("Gretton"), is a litigation funder. Following the alleged expropriation...
U.S.: District court grants petition to confirm foreign arbitral award and awards attorneys’ fees.
Eolica Tres Mesas, S. de R.L. de C.V. v. Abengoa Mexico S.A. de C.V., No. 1:18-cv-07505 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 28, 2019)
In June 2014, Eolica...
U.S.: District court confirms an arbitration award by an appellate panel that overturned the...
Hamilton v. Navient Solutions, LLC, No. 18-cv-5432 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 14, 2019)
Lucin Hamilton obtained a student loan from Navient Solutions, LLC in 2007. When...
U.S.: Supreme Court reverses the Ninth Circuit and holds that ambiguity in a contract...
Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, No. 17–988, __ U.S. __ (April 24, 2019)
In 2016, a hacker tricked an employee of petitioner Lamps Plus, Inc....
U.S.: District court refuses to stay a New York arbitration proceeding between French and...
Safran Elec. & Defense SAS v. iXblue SAS, No. 1:18-cv-07220 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 6, 2019)
In 1993, the predecessor of iXblue SAS ("iXblue), a navigation...
U.S.: District court denies motion to compel arbitration of Defendants’ counterclaims when Plaintiffs intentionally...
HTC Corp. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, No. 6:18-CV-00243-JRG (E.D. Tex. Jan. 22, 2019)
Before the district court was Plaintiffs' motion to sever, stay, and...
