The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed a Minnesota federal district court and vacated an arbitration award based upon the arbitrators “exceeding” their “authority.” Although this is a business arbitration, the effect and rationale of the ruling apply across the board to arbitrations, including construction arbitrations. Michael Lindell, the “My Pillow Guy,” through his company, Lindell Management LLC (LMC), challenged the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election. LMC organized a “Cyber Symposium” offering a prize: “LMC advertised a ‘Prove Mike Wrong Challenge’ in which contestants would attempt to ‘[f]ind proof that this cyber data is not valid data from the November Election. For the people who find the evidence, 5 million [dollars] is their reward.”’
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