Appeals, Federal Arbitration Act, New York Convention

Second Circuit Holds New York Convention Is “Self-Executing,” Reverses Orders Denying Motion to Compel Arbitration

Carlton Fields on 6/3/2025

In an opinion issued on May 8, 2025, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals addressed two cases: Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London v. 3131 Veterans Blvd LLC and Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London v. MPIRE Properties...more

Untying the Gordian Knot: The Second Circuit (Re)joins the Fray of Reverse Preemption of International Arbitration Provisions in...

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog on 5/29/2025

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has weighed in (again) on a still unsettled issue in the realm of insurance law: whether arbitration provisions in insurance policies issued by foreign insurers are enforceable...more

International arbitration update: New York Convention not reverse preempted by state law

Kennedys on 5/15/2025

In Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London v. 3131 Veterans BLVD, LLC, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that Article II Section 3 of the New York Convention is self-executing and not...more

The Second Circuit May Well Reconsider Reverse-Preemption of The New York Convention by the McCarran-Ferguson Act

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers on 8/23/2023

A significant number of states prohibit or restrict the arbitration of disputes between an insurer and its policyholder and/or preclude the inclusion of arbitral provisions in insurance policies.The McCarran-Ferguson Act...more

In Groundbreaking Decision, Second Circuit Harmonizes Service Requirements Under the Federal Arbitration Act, the New York...

Seward & Kissel LLP on 10/5/2022

On October 3, 2022, in Commodities & Minerals Enterprise Ltd. v. CVG Ferrominera Orinoco, C. A., the Second Circuit Court of Appeals resolved a novel question of first impression in favor of petitioner Commodities & Minerals...more

From the U.S. Supreme Court: The New York Convention Does Not Bar Non-Signatories to an Arbitration Agreement From Compelling...

Snell & Wilmer on 9/25/2020

The U.S. Supreme Court recently addressed whether a non-signatory’s attempt to compel arbitration under an international arbitration agreement using domestic doctrines of equitable estoppel is barred by the Convention on the...more

UPDATE: GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC: U.S. Supreme Court Grants Writ of Certiorari to...

Troutman Pepper Locke on 7/2/2019

As discussed in our post from last year, on August 30, 2018, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision to compel arbitration between an Alabama steel plant owner, Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC...more

A Primer for Enforcement in the U.S. of Foreign-Issued Arbitration Awards (Courtesy of the Second Circuit)

Mintz - Arbitration, Mediation, ADR... on 4/18/2017

In CBF Industria de Gusa S/A v. AMCI Holdings, Inc., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 3815 (2d Cir. Mar. 2, 2017), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit provides something of a primer regarding enforcement in the United States...more

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