Contract Disputes, Appellate Courts, Arbitration Awards

Arbitration in the Fifth – July 2025

Haynes Boone on 8/14/2025

In July 2025, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals considered enforcement of an arbitration agreement contained in an attorney representation agreement, and in Barnett v. Am. Express Nat'l Bank, the court of appeals reiterated...more

Fourth Circuit Clarifies Standards for Enforcing Foreign Arbitral Awards

Husch Blackwell LLP on 8/12/2025

In Employers’ Innovative Network v. Bridgeport Benefits, No. 24-1350 (4th Cir. July 18, 2025), Employers contracted with Bridgeport, Capital Security, Inc., and a few other parties to obtain and administer employee health...more

Federal Circuit lacks jurisdiction over award that doesn’t raise issue of patent law

McDermott Will & Schulte on 8/7/2025

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit determined that it lacked appellate jurisdiction over a district court judgment confirming an arbitration award stemming from a dispute over royalties paid under patent license...more

U.S. Fifth Circuit Firmly Shuts Courthouse Doors on Petitions to Vacate Arbitration Awards for "Manifest Disregard of the Law"

Baker Donelson on 6/13/2025

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in United States Trinity Energy Services., L.L.C. v. Southeast Directional Drilling, L.L.C., 135 F.4th 303 (5th Cir. 2025) ruled that "manifest disregard of the law" is not a...more

Fifth Circuit: "Manifest Disregard of the Law" Cannot Be Grafted to FAA as a Basis for Vacatur of Arbitration Award

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/12/2025

In affirming a district court’s denial of a petition to vacate an arbitration award, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently rejected the argument “that manifest disregard of the law remains viable as an...more

Singapore Court of Appeal Rules on Nonparticipating Parties Raising Infra Petita Challenges to an Arbitral Award

Morgan Lewis on 1/24/2025

A recent case in the Singapore Court of Appeal raised a significant legal question regarding whether a nonparticipating party to an arbitration can challenge an arbitral award on the grounds that the arbitrator had failed to...more