The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a challenge to a confirmation of an arbitration award upholding the nonrenewal of a master franchise agreement for Subway restaurants....more
6/30/2025
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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed a district court’s denial of a motion to compel arbitration, concluding that the contract between the parties evinced an intent to arbitrate even if the purported arbitral...more
5/20/2025
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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently rejected challenges to a district court’s decision to confirm a Hong Kong arbitration award, including arguments that confirming the award violated public policy and international...more
2/25/2025
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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently rejected an attempt to vacate an arbitration award related to a maritime contract....more
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana recently refused to compel arbitration on the ground that the arbitral forum had ceased to exist and that a purported replacement forum was not the same forum and...more
The First Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the New York Convention applies to an insurance arbitration dispute between a Puerto Rican company and Lloyd’s of London and that the convention preempts a Puerto Rican law...more
6/21/2023
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Insurance Claims ,
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Lloyds of London ,
McCarran-Ferguson Act ,
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Preemption ,
Puerto Rico
The Tenth Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s decision not to vacate a confirmation award even though the underlying arbitration award had been annulled by a Bolivian court following the confirmation. The Tenth...more
The D.C. Circuit affirmed the denial of a stay regarding the enforcement of an international arbitration award under the New York Convention.
In 2010, the country of Moldova allegedly failed to pay energy bills to...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
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 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
The Fifth Circuit has rejected challenges under Article V of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards to a Swedish arbitration award....more