Carolyn Branthoover on Arbitration

HUB Talks: Arbitration World: U.S. Supreme Court Set to Decide Section 1782 Circuit Split

In this episode, partners Lindsay Bishop, Carolyn Branthoover, and Jackie Celender, along with associate John Gavin, discuss the recent oral argument heard by the Supreme Court concerning a circuit split over two consolidated...more

4/29/2022 / 28 U.S.C. § 1782 , Arbitration , Arbitrators , Discovery , Document Productions , Foreign Tribunals , International Arbitration , Oral Argument , Scope of Discovery Requests , Split of Authority

U.S. Supreme Court to Review Circuit Split Over Scope of 28 U.S.C. § 1782 for Obtaining Discovery in International Arbitrations

As the popularity and pace of international arbitration has continued to grow, parties engaged in such arbitration outside the United States have increasingly relied on 28 U.S.C. § 1782 (Section 1782) to obtain discovery in...more

3/14/2022 / 28 U.S.C. § 1782 , Arbitration , Discovery , Foreign Arbitration Clauses , Foreign Tribunals , International Arbitration , SCOTUS , Split of Authority

Arbitration World - April 2020

FROM THE EDITORS - Welcome to the 37th edition of Arbitration World, a publication from K&L Gates’ International Arbitration Group that highlights significant developments and issues in international and domestic...more

4/16/2020 / Arbitration , Arbitration Agreements , Arbitration Awards , Arbitrators , Foreign Arbitration Clauses , International Arbitration

Class Arbitration: A Creature of Clear Contractual Consent

On April 24, 2019, in the case of Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, the United States Supreme Court issued its latest decision regarding the availability of class arbitration. ...more

5/2/2019 / Ambiguous , Appeals , Arbitration , Arbitration Agreements , Class Arbitration , Consent , Federal Arbitration Act , Federal v State Law Application , Lamps Plus Inc v Varela , Motion to Compel , Preemption , SCOTUS

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects “Wholly Groundless” Test and Reminds Parties of the Power of the Arbitration Agreement

In a decision issued on January 8, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court (the “Court”) resolved a split of opinion among courts of appeals over whether the “wholly groundless” test has any application to the determination of who, as...more

1/10/2019 / Appeals , Arbitration , Arbitration Agreements , Arbitrators , Contract Terms , Exceptions , Federal Arbitration Act , Henry Schein Inc v Archer and White Sales Inc , Judicial Review , Motion to Compel , Question of Arbitrability , Remand , SCOTUS , Vacated , Wholly Groundless Doctrine

Carolyn Branthoover

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