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Third Circuit Illustrates Federal Court Presumption for Exercising Concurrent Jurisdiction

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Arsenis v. M&T Bank is a tale of two cases. The bank brought an action against Ms. Arsenis to foreclosure on a mortgage loan in New Jersey Superior Court. Through a combination of defenses and counterclaims in the foreclosure...more

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Court Applies Abstention Doctrine to Dismiss Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award

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The abstention doctrine allows a federal district court to stay or dismiss a case properly before it for reasons of "wise judicial administration." The US District Court for the District of Rhode Island recently applied this...more

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Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards in the U.S. – Could a Court Abstain Due To “Inconvenience”?

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Forum non conveniens is one of several judicial abstention doctrines, applied from time to time by U.S. courts, that permit a court to dismiss (without prejudice) a plenary action in its discretion. In a forum non conveniens...more

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