KX Reinsurance Company v. General Reinsurance Corp.: Arbitrators May Not...
Arbitration clauses in reinsurance contracts typically recognize either expressly or impliedly that an arbitration proceeding has a beginning and an end. The process usually begins with a demand...
View ArticleSecond Circuit Arbitration Roundup 2011: January 1, 2011 – January 14, 2011
In the first two weeks of the New Year the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided two Federal Arbitration Act cases: UBS Securities, LLC v. Voegeli, No. 10-0690-cv, slip op. (2d...
View ArticleThe Seventh Circuit Issues a Landmark Reinsurance Arbitration Opinion in...
Should the Second Circuit Reverse the District Court’s Judgment in Scandinavian Reinsurance Co. v. Saint Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.? I. Introduction Parts I and II of this three-part post...
View ArticleNew York Law Journal Article: “Arbitrator Evident Partiality Standard Under...
On May 18, 2011 the New York Law Journal published in its Outside Counsel section an article I wrote, which argues that the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit should reverse the...
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Can a Party Obtain Post-Judgment Relief from a Confirmed Arbitration Award...
Introduction Relief from an Arbitration Award Procured by Fraud Section 10(a)(1) of the Federal Arbitration Act authorizes Courts to vacate arbitration awards that were “procured by fraud, corruption...
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Second Circuit Sets Evident Partiality Standard for Party-Appointed...
Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Arbitration Act (the “FAA”) authorizes courts to vacate awards “where there was evident partiality. . . in the arbitrators. . . .” 9 U.S.C. § 10(a)(2). As...
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