By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
The SEC has approved FINRA’s rule change proposal to implement recommendations resulting from the outside investigation of allegations that the arbitrator selection process was rigged.
By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
Relying on recently-announced Eleventh Circuit precedent — that the grounds set forth in FAA section 10 are the sole basis for challenging “foreign” awards under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (“UN Convention”),
By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
It’s been a year since the publication of recommendations resulting from the outside investigation of allegations that the FINRA arbitrator selection process was rigged.
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,