The Supreme Court of Arkansas recently refused to consider the portion of an appeal involving a motion to compel arbitration because the lower court had not ruled on the motion and the court therefore concluded it did not...more
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that a summons is not required to initiate proceedings to compel a foreign arbitration award against a foreign instrumentality. The court also confirmed the arbitration award...more
A court recently confirmed an arbitration award totaling nearly $23 million after rejecting the losing party’s arguments that the arbitrator exceeded his authority, improperly calculated damages, and violated an American...more
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently vacated and remanded an order concluding that a party was not bound by an arbitration award after concluding that the district court failed to consider whether that party may have...more
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that a district court should have granted a motion to compel arbitration even though there was a dispute about the legality of an assignment of a loan agreement that contained...more
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently concluded that a claim to recover on defaulted bonds issued by a foreign sovereign was untimely under New York’s six-year statute of limitation....more
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently partially refused to enforce a foreign arbitration award on the ground that it was required to give comity to a foreign court decision concerning that award....more
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the tax court’s decision that a captive insurance arrangement that reinsured a number of other captive insurers did not qualify for a tax exemption....more
Title IX and its regulations apply to recipients of federal funds. Most independent schools do not receive federal funds and therefore Title IX compliance has not been traditionally required....more
The D.C. Circuit recently affirmed a judgment in favor of reinsurers in a suit brought by an insured after concluding that the insured could not assert breach of contract and related claims against the reinsurers because the...more
A divided panel of the Second Circuit recently held that independent distributors who distribute bakery products were not transportation workers and therefore were not exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). The Second...more
The number of labor and employment class actions increased last year as aggressive regulatory action and an increase in workplace safety claims, including claims related to the COVID-19 pandemic, fueled a rise in collective...more
The Southern District of New York has held that a petitioner did not show that it diligently pursued its rights or that extraordinary circumstances existed to equitably toll the three-year statute of limitation to confirm a...more
On March 23, 2022, a New York federal court confirmed an award in an arbitration before a tribunal of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) between Olin Holdings Ltd. and the state of Libya under a bilateral investment...more
The D.C. Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of a suit against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that sought to modify or vacate an arbitration award after concluding that the IMF did not waive its immunity from...more
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently concluded that the Federal Arbitration Act’s exemption for “workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce” applied to drivers and precluded their employer from compelling...more
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed a district court’s decision granting a motion to compel arbitration filed by a non-signatory to the agreement containing the arbitration clause. The non-signatory argued...more
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently invalidated an arbitrator’s procedure for determining whether New York City Department of Education employees would receive religious accommodations to a vaccine mandate after...more
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently concluded that a grievance by a Kroger union was included within the scope of an arbitration clause in a collective bargaining agreement....more
The Second Circuit recently affirmed the confirmation of an arbitrator’s decision dismissing claims on statute of limitations grounds against a claim that the arbitrator had no authority to consider such a defense and...more
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently concluded that an arbitration clause that prohibited claimants from seeking or receiving any remedy that provided additional retirement benefits or other relief was unenforceable...more
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals recently declined to hear an appeal or grant a writ of mandamus seeking review of a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to institute inter partes review proceedings even though...more
The Second Circuit recently affirmed the denial of motions to compel arbitration filed by, inter alia, the Trump Corp. and a nonparty from whom the plaintiffs sought discovery....more
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently refused to vacate an arbitration award stemming from a workplace personal injury after the arbitrator concluded that the employee was primarily...more
The Eleventh Circuit recently declined a rental car company’s attempt to invoke an arbitration clause in Orbitz.com’s terms of use in a lawsuit brought by a disgruntled customer who booked his rental car through Orbitz...more