The Eighth Circuit reversed a district court decision vacating an arbitration award relating to a federal crop insurance policy issued through a standard reinsurance agreement with the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. (FCIC). The...more
1/29/2020
/ Abuse of Power ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Award Challenges ,
Arbitration Awards ,
Consumer Insurance Products ,
Crop Insurance ,
Farms ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Policy Terms ,
Reinsurance ,
Reinsurance Agreements ,
Reversal ,
Vacated
A $100 million arbitration award against NutraSweet was reinstated by a New York state appellate court due to the “emphatic federal policy in favor of arbitral dispute resolution embodied in the FAA, a policy that applies...more
Ameriprise sought vacatur of the award under grounds set forth in the FAA, namely fraud, evident partiality, arbitrator misconduct, and exceeding of powers. In refusing Ameriprise’s request, the court first noted that...more
The Eleventh Circuit reversed a lower court’s entry of a default judgment against Acosta Tractors, Inc., that was based solely on Acosta’s default in the underlying arbitration. ...more
9/10/2018
/ Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Fees ,
Bad Faith ,
Default Judgment ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Reversal ,
Sanctions ,
Third-Party ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Vacated
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that agreements between an employer and an employee providing for individualized arbitration do not violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). ...more
5/29/2018
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Ernst & Young v Morris ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Murphy Oil v NLRB ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Savings Clause ,
SCOTUS