22 May, 2024 Supreme Court Clarifies Role of Federal Courts in Disputes Referred to Arbitration By Thomas Walsh David Livshiz Maria Slobodchikova Liz Lewis +1 more... Show less On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that district courts must stay cases that they refer to arbitration, rather than...
18 Mar, 2024 The AAA Updates its Mass Arbitration Rules By Thomas Walsh Christian Vandergeest Maylin Meisenheimer The American Arbitration Association (AAA) recently published new amendments to its Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules (Mass...
05 Dec, 2023 The Curious Case of Crossover Witnesses in Post-M&A Arbitration By Carsten Wendler Eric Leikin Stuti Gadodia Introduction A crucial aspect of any M&A deal is the transfer of employees along with the Target company. This is key to maintain...
28 Jun, 2023 U.S. Supreme Court Allows Holders of International Arbitral Awards to Bring RICO Claims to Assist in Enforcement By Thomas Walsh David Livshiz Elliot Friedman Timothy Howard Maria Slobodchikova Zachary Simon Seve Kale +4 more... Show less On June 22, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a pair of related cases, Yegiazaryan v. Smagin and CMB Monaco v. Smagin, that foreign...
26 Jun, 2023 U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Litigation Shall be Stayed Pending Appeal of a Denial of a Motion to Compel Arbitration By Thomas Walsh Maria Slobodchikova Anika Havaldar Kaitie Holland +1 more... Show less On June 23, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Coinbase v. Bielski, ruling by a narrow majority that a U.S. district court must stay...
06 Mar, 2023 Tenth Circuit Affirms Enforcement of Arbitral Award Annulled at Foreign Seat of Arbitration By Elliot Friedman David Livshiz Christian Vandergeest Grace Brody +1 more... Show less When an arbitration award is set aside by the courts at the seat of arbitration, and that award is then brought to U.S. courts for...
06 Feb, 2023 Updated Data Protection and Cybersecurity Guidelines for International Arbitration By Maria Paz Lestido Lee Rovinescu Christine Lyon The international arbitration community has been increasing its attention to data protection and cybersecurity issues. Given the...
12 Oct, 2022 We Have Lift-Off: The Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation, A New Specialized Dispute-Resolution Forum for the Global Aviation Sector By Amna Arshad Nicolas Cordoba Miranda Shaw On 21 July 2022, The Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation (Hague CAA) officially launched. This highly specialized dispute resolution...
28 Sep, 2022 The AAA updates its Commercial Arbitration Rules: What are the key changes? By Thomas Walsh Christian Vandergeest Peter Kim The American Arbitration Association (AAA) recently issued amendments to its Commercial Arbitration Rules. The Commercial Arbitration...
01 Sep, 2022 Arbitration Reform in Brazil Sparks Controversy over Rules for Arbitrator Appointments and Confidentiality of Proceedings By Fernanda Pires Merouco In 2021, Congresswoman Margarete Coelho (Progressive Party) introduced a bill seeking to reform the current Brazilian Arbitration Law,...
16 Jun, 2022 U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Section 1782 Discovery for Use in Most Arbitrations By Timothy Harkness Linda Martin David Livshiz Scott Eisman Olivia Greene Paige von Mehren Christian Vandergeest +4 more... Show less Under 28 U.S.C. § 1782, a district court may grant discovery “for use in a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal.” For...
13 Jun, 2022 U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Prejudice Requirement for Finding Waiver of Contractual Right to Arbitrate By Elliot Friedman David Livshiz Scott Eisman Christian Vandergeest +1 more... Show less On May 23, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., which addressed whether the waiver of a right to arbitrate by...