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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

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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

High Court provides clarity on time limits in arbitration clauses

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United Kingdom
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October 27 2010

In William McIlroy Swindon Ltd & Rannoch Investments Ltd v Quinn Insurance Ltd 2010 EWHC 2448 (TCC), the High Court was asked to consider, as a preliminary issue, when a dispute could be said to have arisen for the purposes of an arbitration clause that provided that any dispute as to the insurer's liability was to be referred to arbitration within nine months, failing which the claim would be deemed to have been abandoned

Fifth Circuit compels arbitration, holding that parties clearly intended arbitrator to decide issues of arbitrability

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USA
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October 22 2010

Plaintiffs purchased disability insurance from First American National, which later became known as defendant Regions Bank ("Regions"

Federal court finds that fraud claim is not arbitrable

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USA
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August 4 2010

In a decision by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, AXA Versicherung AG v. New Hampshire Ins. Co., 05 Civ. 10180 (JSR) (S.D.N.Y. 2010), the court held that certain fraud claims were not a matter of contract interpretation and, therefore, not arbitrable under a provision in a facultative reinsurance agreement that provided for arbitration of disputes “arising out of the interpretation of this agreement.”

Ninth Circuit reverses district court’s vacatur of arbitration award

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USA
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August 5 2010

Zev Lagstein, M.D. filed a claim for benefits under a disability policy issued by Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London (“Lloyd’s”) after he developed heart disease and other ailments

Cedent contends that US Supreme Court should resolve circuit split concerning whether convention preempts state law precluding arbitration

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USA
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October 14 2010

In a case we have been following on www.insurereinsure.com (click here for our most recent post), the Louisiana Safety Association of Timberman-Self Insurers Fund ("LSAT") recently filed a supplemental brief petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari to address whether the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the "Convention") preempts a Louisiana Statute that bars enforcement of arbitration agreements in insurance or reinsurance contracts

Connecticut state court finds that a court is permitted to remand an arbitration award to panel for clarification post-Hall Street

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USA
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August 18 2010

Plaintiff Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company ("Hartford") appealed a decision permitting a court to remand a dispute over an arbitral award to the arbitration panel for clarification of that award

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear dispute concerning preemptive effect of New York Convention on state law barring arbitration

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USA
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December 29 2010

In a case we have been following on www.insurereinsure.com, Louisiana Safety Association of Timbermen Self Insured Fund v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to grant certiorari to hear a dispute between an insurance pool and its reinsurer concerning whether the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the "New York Convention") preempts a Louisiana statute that bars enforcement of arbitration agreements in insurance or reinsurance contracts

United States Solicitor General: the convention is not preempted by the McCarran-Ferguson Act

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USA
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September 24 2010

As our readers know, we have been following the developments in Louisiana Safety Association of Timbermen Self Insured Fund v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, et al., No. 09 945, a case under consideration for certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court that concerns whether Article II of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, as implemented by Chapter 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act (the “FAA”), is an “Act of Congress” subject to the anti preemption provision of the McCarran Ferguson Act, 15 U.S.C. 1011, et seq

Eighth Circuit rules on diversity jurisdiction for federal actions to compel arbitration

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USA
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August 26 2010

A decision of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, Northport Health Services of Arkansas, LLC v. Rutherford, No. 09-2433 (8th Cir. 2010), recently held that diversity of citizenship jurisdiction in the context of a motion to compel arbitration under 4 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) can be determined by looking at the citizenship of the parties named in the proceedings before the district court, plus any indispensible parties who must be joined