{"id":903100,"date":"2024-08-06T16:14:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T22:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=903100"},"modified":"2024-08-06T16:15:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T22:15:01","slug":"binding-arbitration-staying-not-dismissing-federal-arbitration-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/binding-arbitration-staying-not-dismissing-federal-arbitration-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Note: Staying, Not Dismissing, Arbitrable Disputes Under Federal Arbitration Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>David Adelstein | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridaconstructionlegalupdates.com\/quick-note-staying-not-dismissing-arbitrable-disputes-under-federal-arbitration-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Florida Construction Legal Updates<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you hopefully know from posted articles,\u00a0<strong>arbitration<\/strong>\u00a0is a creature of contract. Stated differently, there must be a contractual basis to have a dispute resolved through binding arbitration. The\u00a0<strong>Federal Arbitration Act<\/strong>\u00a0(FAA) applies to transactions involving interstate commerce. Oftentimes, lawsuits are filed despite an arbitration provision in a contract because parties can, if they desire, waive their rights to have their dispute resolved through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/binding-arbitration-award-ends-coverage-litigation\/\">binding arbitration<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In what should not be a shocker, the United States Supreme Court in&nbsp;<em>Smith v. Spizzirri<\/em>, 144 S.Ct. 1173, 1178 (2024), held that when a federal \u201c<strong>district court finds that a lawsuit involves an arbitrable dispute, and a party requests a stay pending arbitration, section 3 of the FAA compels the court to&nbsp;<u>stay<\/u>&nbsp;the proceeding.<\/strong>\u201d &nbsp;Dismissing the lawsuit should not be the option.&nbsp; Staying the lawsuit should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[S]taying rather than dismissing a suit comports with the supervisory role that the FAA envisions for the courts. The FAA provides mechanisms for courts with proper jurisdiction to assist parties in arbitration by, for example, appointing an arbitrator; enforcing subpoenas issued by arbitrators to compel testimony or produce evidence; and facilitating recovery on an arbitral award. Keeping the suit on the court\u2019s docket makes good sense in light of this potential ongoing role, and it avoids costs and complications that might arise if a party were required to bring a new suit and pay a new filing fee to invoke the FAA\u2019s procedural protections.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Smith, supra<\/em>, at 1178 (internal citations omitted).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions or concerns regarding an arbitration provision, the best time to ask is before you sign the contract that includes binding arbitration as the method to resolve disputes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When one of your cases is in need of a construction expert, estimates, insurance appraisal or umpire services in defect or insurance disputes &#8211; please call Advise &amp; Consult, Inc. at 888.684.8305, or email <a href=\"mailto:experts@adviseandconsult.net\">experts@adviseandconsult.net<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates As you hopefully know from posted articles,\u00a0arbitration\u00a0is a creature of contract. Stated differently, there must be a contractual basis to have a dispute resolved through binding arbitration. The\u00a0Federal Arbitration Act\u00a0(FAA) applies to transactions involving interstate commerce. Oftentimes, lawsuits are filed despite an arbitration provision in a contract because&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/binding-arbitration-staying-not-dismissing-federal-arbitration-act\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Quick Note: Staying, Not Dismissing, Arbitrable Disputes Under Federal Arbitration Act<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[41],"tags":[9895,42,10343],"class_list":["post-903100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arbitration","tag-advise-consult","tag-arbitration-2","tag-binding-arbitration","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Quick Note: Staying, Not Dismissing, Arbitrable Disputes Under Federal Arbitration Act - Advise &amp; Consult, Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"arbitration\u00a0is a creature of contract. 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