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Denial of process – Hong Kong court sets aside award, finding arbitrator's conduct "seriously flawed"

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A Hong Kong court has set aside an HKIAC Final Award finding that the arbitrator's conduct was so "seriously flawed" and "egregious" that there had been a serious denial of due process....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at the Ninth: Delegation and Wildfires

This week, the Ninth Circuit resolves whether parties can delegate issues of contract formation to an arbitrator, and explains the bounds of federal courts’ jurisdiction over ratemaking orders in a challenge to the procedure...more

Carlton Fields

Arbitration Award In Favor Of Major League Baseball Confirmed As Southern District Of New York Bats Telemicro’s Challenges Away

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The dispute involved Telemicro’s breach of a contract with Major League Baseball Properties for the rights to broadcast MLB games in the Dominican Republic. Telemicro failed to make payments under the contract, prompting MLB...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Watching the Watchmen: Ninth Circuit Clarifies Courts’ Role in Reviewing Arbitration Awards - Construction and Procurement Law...

In the words of Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. of the Ninth Circuit, “[w]e have become an arbitration nation.” Nonetheless, arbitration is a creature of contract, and there are limits to what an arbitrator may do. In Aspic...more

JAMS

The Deflategate Drama: A Win for the Patriots Scores a Touchdown for Arbitration

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The “Deflategate scandal,” in which the New England Patriots, and in particular their star quarterback, Tom Brady, were accused of deflating footballs beneath the required PSI (12.5-13.5 psi) to somehow gain an advantage over...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

The Necessity of Trial Transcripts in Appellate Proceedings

A COMPLETE TRIAL RECORD is essential to presenting an effective appeal because appellate courts have no independent means of obtaining knowledge of the cases brought before them for review. The California court of appeal...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

In a Twist, Judge Overturns Arbitration Decision Suspending Tom Brady

On September 3, Judge Richard Berman of Southern District of New York overturned the NFL's four-game suspension of New England Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady. Besides being a dream come true for ESPN, the ruling is quite...more

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