Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Arbitration, Jurisdiction

Procedurally Flawed: District Court Quashes Arbitration Subpoena in Reinsurance Dispute

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/16/2025

In Liberty Corporate Capital Limited v. Gallagher Re, Inc., Case No. 8:25-MC-10-MSS-TGW (M.D. Fla. April 24, 2025), Liberty sought to enforce a subpoena issued by the arbitration panel in a reinsurance dispute to Gallagher,...more

Eleventh Circuit Finds District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Freeze Defendant’s Assets During Pendency of Action to Confirm...

Carlton Fields on 12/13/2023

In Noble Prestige Ltd. v. Galle, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals considered whether the trial court properly granted a preliminary injunction barring the defendants from dispersing assets during the pendency of the...more

Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2019 – Eighth Edition - U.S. Chapter

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 9/6/2019

Efficiency and integrity of process – The American legal system. The American legal system, founded on notions of fairness and due process, is respected throughout the world for its ability to deliver predictable,...more

U.S. Supreme Court Said “No” to Class Arbitration in Employment-Related Data Breach Dispute Because Arbitration Agreement...

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 6/12/2019

The U.S. Supreme Court issued two 5-4 decisions in as many months regarding class procedures. Lamp Plus, Inc. v. Varela, 587 U. S. ____ (2019) was favorable to corporate defendants by limiting the availability of class...more

Pre-Arbitration Discovery: Turn to State Law Where the Federal Rules are Inadequate

Mintz - Arbitration, Mediation, ADR... on 3/27/2018

As discussed in an earlier post, obtaining discovery from a non-party to an arbitration often is easier said than done. Depending on the law of the place of arbitration, arbitrators may not be able to compel document...more

District Court Applies New York Convention, Denies Motion To Dismiss Petition To Compel Arbitration

Carlton Fields on 10/15/2014

In late July, a New York federal court denied Harris Corporation’s (“Harris”) motion to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. The motion sought to dismiss HBC Solutions Inc.’s (“HBC”) Amended Petition to Compel...more

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