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Massachusetts federal court addresses manifest disregard of the law standard, finds that panel’s decision to limit discovery and witness testimony did not provide a basis to vacate award
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- January 21 2011
In OneBeacon America Insurance Co. v. Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation, 09-CV-11495-PBS (D.Mass. December 23, 2010), a motion was brought by petitioner OneBeacon to vacate an arbitration award on the basis that the arbitrators were guilty of misconduct for refusing to permit necessary discovery and hear certain evidence
New York federal judge provides interesting insights regarding arbitration and “manifest disregard of the law"
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- January 19 2011
In Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, L.P. v. The Official Unsecured Creditors' Committee of Bayou Group, LLC, et al., Slip Copy, 2010 WL 4877847 (S.D.N.Y. 2010), the court denied petitioner’s motion to vacate a $20.580 million award obtained in a FINRA arbitration by The Official Unsecured Creditors' Committee of Bayou Group
