In a dispute over the scope of a mandatory arbitration provision, the Sixth Circuit rejected the argument that it is required by the Federal Arbitration Act’s presumption in favor of arbitration to interpret an arbitration...more
The receiver for Gramercy Insurance Company sought to avoid arbitration of a reinsurance dispute with Contractor’s Bonding, Ltd., by arguing the FAA was reverse preempted under the McCarran-Ferguson Act....more
While the FAA grants arbitrators authority to compel non-parties to appear before them and produce documents at a hearing, it does not authorize them to compel pre-hearing production. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals joined...more