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Circuit Court Vacates an Arbitration Award after NFL Agent’s Fraud

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By Shourya Arora Courts don’t often reverse arbitral awards, but France v. Bernstein, No. 20-3425 (3d Cir. Aug. 9, 2022) (available at https://bit.ly/3Kl7Pw8), is an exception and merits attention. Courts vacate an arbitration award only in limited circumstances. Federal Arbitration Act Section 10(a)(1) authorizes courts to vacate arbitration awards that were “procured by fraud, corruption … Continue reading Circuit Court Vacates an Arbitration Award after NFL Agent’s Fraud

Supreme Court Limits California’s PAGA Law on Employment Claims, Preempting It in Part under the Federal Arbitration Act

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By Arjan Bir Singh Sodhi & Russ Bleemer The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this morning that employers may require their workers to arbitrate employment disputes under California’s Private Attorneys General Act, a 2003 law that allows Californians to file suit on behalf of the state for employment-law violations.   The Federal Arbitration Act, the Court found … Continue reading Supreme Court Limits California’s PAGA Law on Employment Claims, Preempting It in Part under the Federal Arbitration Act

Will the 11th Circuit Maintain N.Y. Convention Deference for Arbitration Award Enforcement?

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By Xin Judy Wang A three-judge Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel has made the unusual move of urging the full circuit to convene en banc to overturn its precedents addressing vacatur of arbitral awards. Part of a minority among circuits, an Eleventh Circuit panel on May 27 limited the basis for vacating an … Continue reading Will the 11th Circuit Maintain N.Y. Convention Deference for Arbitration Award Enforcement?

More on Section 1782: Why the U.S. Supreme Court Says the Law Doesn’t Permit Discovery Requests from International Arbitrations

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By Tamia Sutherland & Russ Bleemer Here is a deeper dive into today’s U.S. Supreme Court consolidated decision in ZF Automotive US Inc. v. Luxshare Ltd., No. 21-401, which was consolidated with and covers AlixPartners LLP v. Fund for Protection of Investor Rights in Foreign States, No. 21-518. Does the new decision, which restricts discovery under a … Continue reading More on Section 1782: Why the U.S. Supreme Court Says the Law Doesn’t Permit Discovery Requests from International Arbitrations

Supreme Court Bars Discovery Assistance for Private Overseas Arbitration Panels Under U.S. Law

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By Tamia Sutherland & Russ Bleemer The U.S. Supreme Court this morning restricted the use of 28 U.S.C. § 1782 for discovery in international proceedings to “[o]nly a governmental or intergovernmental adjudicative” body, but not cross-border arbitration matters. The unanimous 9-0 decision in consolidated cases by Justice Amy Coney Barrett—her first arbitration opinion as a member … Continue reading Supreme Court Bars Discovery Assistance for Private Overseas Arbitration Panels Under U.S. Law

Supreme Court Backs Airport Worker, Applies Federal Arbitration Act Sec. 1 Exemption, and Sends Employment Dispute to Court

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By Russ Bleemer and R. Daniel Knaap The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed unanimously a Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that a worker who loads or unloads goods from vehicles that engage in interstate commerce, but does not physically transport goods, is exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act as a “worker engaged in foreign … Continue reading Supreme Court Backs Airport Worker, Applies Federal Arbitration Act Sec. 1 Exemption, and Sends Employment Dispute to Court

One Declined, One Pending: Scotus Asked to Enforce an Arbitration Award against a Sovereign and an Oil Company

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By R. Daniel Knaap The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week declined to hear a case where Saudi Arabian landowners sought to enforce an arbitration award against the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., best known as Saudi Aramco. The long-running matter, rooted in a nearly 90-year oil development land lease agreement, isn’t over. There’s a companion … Continue reading One Declined, One Pending: Scotus Asked to Enforce an Arbitration Award against a Sovereign and an Oil Company

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Rates-Review Arbitration Request, Sending Customer Dispute to Court

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By Russ Bleemer The U.S. Supreme Court this morning declined to hear a case on whether the nearly century-old Federal Arbitration Act preempts state law—this time, a clash with Tennessee common law on contracts. The FAA has shown a lot of muscle in the U.S. Supreme Court over its history, and it’s rarely displaced.  Petitioners … Continue reading Supreme Court Won’t Hear Rates-Review Arbitration Request, Sending Customer Dispute to Court

Supreme Court Rejects Prejudice Requirement for Defeating a Motion to Compel Arbitration

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By R. Daniel Knaap & Russ Bleemer The U.S. Supreme Court backed a Taco Bell worker resisting her employer’s motion to compel arbitration this morning when it ruled, in a unanimous opinion by Justice Elena Kagan, that a party need not show it was prejudiced by the moving party’s actions. The decision vacated an Eighth … Continue reading Supreme Court Rejects Prejudice Requirement for Defeating a Motion to Compel Arbitration