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…
The Ninth Circuit Court of appeals reversed a district court’s refusal to vacate an arbitration award for improper conduct by the Tribunal chairman, finding…
A U.S. District Court rejected Argentina’s attempt to vacate a USD 21 million international arbitration award in a proceeding administered by ICSID under the…
The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) reflects U.S. Congressional approval of the finality of arbitration. Indeed, the FAA and interpretive case law provide for the…
In its decision in Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC v. Scout Petroleum, LLC, 809 F. 3d 746 (3d Cir. 2016), the Third Circuit held that general…
In Goldman, Sachs & Co. v. Athena Venture Partners, L.P., No. 13-3461 (3d Cir. Sept. 29, 2015), the Third Circuit held that parties must…
In NS United Kaiun Kaisha Ltd. v. Cogent Fibre Inc., No. 15 Civ. 1784, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 91858 (S.D.N.Y. July 14, 2015), the…
In PoolRe Ins. Corp. v. Organizational Strategies, Inc., No. 14-20433 (5th Cir. Apr. 7, 2015), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit…
In Landmark Ventures, Inc. v. InSightec, Ltd., No. 14 Civ. 0233 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 26, 2014), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of…
In re Sussex, No. 14-70158 (9th Cir. Jan. 27, 2015), a recent case in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, overturned a district court order that…