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.
By George H. Friedman, SAA Editor-in-Chief
The Southern District of Florida confirms an Award containing $3 million for discovery abuse, finding that two Arbitrators’ non-disclosure would not cause a reasonable person to doubt their impartiality.
We covered this story on the arbitration side when it first broke in early 2014 (SAA 2014-12); this coming week, we will cover the legal side in full in SAC’s weekly online Litigation Alert (aka SOLA),
*A forum has no duty to disclose that one of its arbitrators, not assigned to the case at issue,