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Laura Kelly is an associate in the Baker McKenzie's Global Dispute Resolution practice in Chicago. Prior to joining the firm, she externed at the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services Office of the Chief Counsel. While in law school, Ms. Kelly led the International Team Project to Argentina and Chile and served as Executive Editor for the Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business. Laura Kelly can be reached at Laura.Kelly@bakermckenzie.com and +1 312 861 2510.

North America February 14, 2019

U.S.: Second Circuit joined the Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits in recognizing an exception to the functus officio doctrine where an arbitral award failed to address a contingency that later arises or when the award is susceptible to more than one interpretation.

Gen. Re Life Corp. v. Lincoln Nat’l Life Ins. Co., No. 17-2496-cv (2d Cir. Nov. 28, 2018) [click for opinion] General Re Life Insurance…

Arbitration Agreements January 2, 2019

US: District court denies motion to compel arbitration because Defendant was a non-signatory to the relevant arbitration agreement and Plaintiff did not meet its burden in showing that it was acting as agent for one of the other signatories.

Thompson v. AT&T Serv., Inc., No. 17 C 3607 (N.D. III. Sept. 24, 2018) [click for opinion] Plaintiff brought suit against several Defendants, including AT&T…

North America December 11, 2017

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacates district court order granting motion to compel arbitration with non-signatory

Henson v. U.S. Dist. Ct. N.D. Cal., No. 16-71818 (9th Cir. Sept. 5, 2017) [click for opinion] Petitioner-Plaintiffs (“Petitioners”) brought this putative class action…

Arbitration Agreements November 9, 2017

District court holds that nonsignatory to a charter agreement is not bound to its arbitration clause

Iota Shipholding Ltd v. Starr Indem. & Liab. Co., 16 Civ. 4881 (S.D.N.Y. May 31, 2017) Petitioners brought this action before the U.S. District…

Applicable Law May 1, 2017

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit adopts “look-through” approach for determining federal question jurisdiction in ruling on motions to vacate or confirm arbitral award

Appellants brought an arbitration against Appellees, asserting claims under both federal and Puerto Rico law for violations of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange…

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