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Second Circuit affirms district court’s decision to reappoint arbitrator who had resigned

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 24 2010

Yesterday, the Second Circuit affirmed a district court's decision in which the court held that an arbitrator who had previously resigned was able to rejoin the arbitration panel

U.S. Supreme Court rules on class arbitration, addresses manifest disregard of the law

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 12 2010

Petitioners ("Stolt-Nielsen") entered into a contract with respondent AnimalFeeds International Corporation that contained an arbitration clause

New York federal court vacates arbitration award based on evident partiality

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2010

Scandinavian Reinsurance Company Limited (“Scandinavian Re”) and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, St. Paul Reinsurance Company, Ltd. and St. Paul Re (Bermuda) Ltd. (collectively “St. Paul”) entered into a retrocessional agreement under which St. Paul ceded a portion of its casualty reinsurance portfolio to Scandinavian Re

Federal court upholds an arbitration panel’s award requiring a cedent to pay its reinsurer’s attorneys’ fees

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 2 2010

National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA entered into a reinsurance treaty with Odyssey America Reinsurance Corporation, which contained an arbitration clause

California federal court finds that issue of whether commutation terminated certain reinsurance contracts was for the arbitration panel to decide

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 12 2010

Petitioner Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada ("Sun Life") moved to confirm an arbitration award against Respondents Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Golden Eagle Insurance Corporation and San Diego Insurance Company

District court denies motion to stay, holds that potential for unnecessary arbitration-related expenses does not constitute irreparable harm or clear hardship

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 22 2010

Plaintiff B.D. Cooke & Partners Limited, as Assignee of Citizens Casualty Company of New York (in Liquidation) (“Cooke”), filed a lawsuit against defendant Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London (“Underwriters”

Ninth Circuit confirms arbitration award, holds that panel’s ex parte meeting with certain expert witnesses did not justify vacatur

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 20 2010

Petitioner United States Life Insurance Company (“U.S. Life”) reinsured workers’ compensation policies issued by five insurers domiciled in California

Federal court confirms foreign arbitration award, even though appeal of award in foreign jurisdiction was pending

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 15 2009

Plaintiff China National Chartering Corp. (“CNCC”) petitioned the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to confirm an arbitration award rendered in its favor against defendant Pactrans Air & Sea, Inc. (“Pactrans”) by the China Maritime Arbitration Commission (“CMAC”

Court finds that arbitration award is not final for purposes of review under the FAA

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 15 2009

Petitioners Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc. (“Mitsubishi”) moved to vacate a partial arbitration award entered by the International Centre for Dispute Resolution in favor of Respondent Stone & Webster, Inc. (“Stone & Webster”

Southern District of New York confirms arbitration award dismissing fraud claims on summary judgment

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 3 2009

In a recent decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, TIG Ins. Co. v. Global Int’l Reins. Co., Ltd., No. 09 Civ. 1289 (Aug. 7, 2009), the court ruled that an arbitrator’s decision to ignore certain evidence is not a proper ground for vacating an arbitration award