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The Federal Arbitration Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1925 that governs arbitration in contracts implicating interstate commerce. The Act applies in both federal and state courts. 
Carlton Fields

Fourth Circuit Holds It Lacks Jurisdiction to Consider Petition to Vacate

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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that it lacked jurisdiction over a petition to vacate an arbitration award....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Securities Industry Arbitrations and Litigation Update: FINRA Member Firms Don’t Forget to “Dot Your I’s and Cross Your T’s” in...

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As any Wall Street litigator knows, in the securities industry, it is typical for brokerage firms to incentivize their employed financial advisers with significant upfront compensation at the beginning of a relationship or...more

Burr & Forman

SCOTUS: No Look-Through Jurisdiction for Arbitration Confirmation or Vacatur

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The U.S. Supreme Court held March 31, 2022, that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) does not allow federal courts to “look through” to the dispute underlying an arbitration to establish jurisdiction to confirm or vacate an...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Chris Lazarini Examines Claims Seeking Vacatur on Grounds of Arbitrator Misconduct

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Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini examined a case in which the plaintiff sought to vacate an adverse arbitration award claiming the arbitration panel misbehaved and prejudiced his rights under the Federal Arbitration...more

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Circuits Split on “Look-Through” Jurisdiction Over Arbitration Awards

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Within weeks, the Second and Third Circuits reached opposite conclusions over federal jurisdiction to confirm, modify or vacate arbitration awards.  The Second Circuit now allows courts to look through the face of the...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

MLB Litigation Brief: Class Action Questions Open After Scalia’s Death, Arbitration Fees and American Rule & More

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2015 Witnesses Record Securities Class Actions: The National Economic Research Associates, Inc. (NERA) recently released its report, Recent Trends in Securities Class Action Litigation: 2015 Full-Year Review, detailing the...more

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