Disputes Over Arbitrator Qualifications: The Northern District of California Offers Some Guidance

Justin K. Fortescue | White & Williams The selection of an arbitration panel can often lead to disputes between the parties regarding things like whether a particular candidate is qualified, whether a challenge to an arbitrator’s qualifications can be addressed pre-award and whether a party that names an unqualified arbitrator should lose the opportunity to… Continue reading Disputes Over Arbitrator Qualifications: The Northern District of California Offers Some Guidance

It’s Not Over … Until The Panel Sings

Jonathan Bank and Matthew Murphy | Locke Lord | November 1, 2019 A federal court in New York recently held that an arbitration panel retained the right to resolve any dispute arising out of an arbitration award.  In Chicago Insurance Company v. General Reinsurance Corporation et al., no. 18-cv-10450, 2019 WL 5387819 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 22, 2019),… Continue reading It’s Not Over … Until The Panel Sings

Third Circuit Rules that Courts, not Arbitration Panels, Have Final Word on Class Action Arbitrability

Rebekah Byers Kcehowski, Sharyl A. Reisman and Darren K. Cottriel | Jones Day | January 15, 2016 In Brief The history and proceedings of the Third Circuit’s recent decision in Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC v. Scout Petroleum, LLC, No. 15-1275, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 42 (3d Cir. Jan. 5, 2016), are a precautionary tale suggesting that companies… Continue reading Third Circuit Rules that Courts, not Arbitration Panels, Have Final Word on Class Action Arbitrability

Connecticut Supreme Court Upholds Jurisdiction of Arbitration Panel for Claims Arising on Public Works Construction

Dennis C. Cavanaugh, Linda L. Morkan and Todd R. Regan | Robinson Cole | December 2015 The Connecticut Supreme Court recently issued an important decision confirming the rights of design professionals, construction managers, and contractors to assert claims under contracts with the state. The decision also reinforces the binding nature of arbitration awards concerning such… Continue reading Connecticut Supreme Court Upholds Jurisdiction of Arbitration Panel for Claims Arising on Public Works Construction

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