By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
Oppenheimer has moved to vacate a massive Award rendered against it by a FINRA Panel.
By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
Just as we were finalizing this Alert, we learned that a Georgia Trial Court has just vacated a FINRA Award based on multiple Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) violations,
Arbitrators have an affirmative duty to reveal potential conflicts of interest, especially when such a disclosure is expressly required by the forum in which they serve,
A party is challenging JAMS’ neutrality as administrator because the provider filed an Amicus Brief at the Supreme Court supporting the position taken by its adversary in the same arbitration.
By George H. Friedman, SAA Editor-in-Chief
We usually report Certiorari denials in the “Short Brief” section, but this one sought to overturn a precedent set over half a century ago;
By George H. Friedman, SAA Editor-in-Chief
Certiorari has been sought challenging a divided Ninth Circuit decision that vacated an Award for “evident partiality” under the Federal Arbitration Act.