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Foreword

Introduction - Stephen K. Huber and James Lawrence

Part I

Case Digests

Chapter 1 The Arbitration Agreement

1.01 Contract Formation

• Thomas v. Right Choice Staffing Grp., LLC, 218 F. Supp. 3d. 564 (E.D. Mich. 2016)
• Ragab v. Howard, 841 F. 3d. 1134 (10th Cir. 2016).
• Doe v. Columbia N. Hills Hosp. Subsidiary, L.P., 521 S.W.3d 76 (Tex. App. 2017)
• Bevel v. Marine Group, LLC, 2013 So. 3d. 1074 (Ala. 2017).
• Rightnour v. Tiffany & Co., 239 F. Supp. 3d 744 (S.D.N.Y. 2017)
• Regan v. Stored Value Cards, Inc., 85 F.Supp. 3d 1356 (N.D. Ga. 2015)
• Sanchez v. CleanNet USA, Inc., 78 F.Supp. 3d 747 (N.D. Ill. 2015)
• Pinto v. USAA Ins. Agency Inc. of Texas, 2017 WL 3172871 (D. Ariz. 2017)
• Norcia v. Samsung Telecommunications Am., LLC, 845 F.3d 1279 (9th Cir. 2017)

 

1.02 State Contract Law Defenses

• Kindred Nursing Centers, L.P. v. Clark, 581 U.S. ___ (2017)
• Goldman, Sachs & Co. v. Golden Empire Schools Financing Authority, 764 F.3d 210 (2d Cir. 2014)
• Noohi v. Toll Bros. Inc., 708 F.3d 599 (4th Cir. 2013)
• First Weber Grp., Inc. v. Synergy Real Estate Grp., LLC, 860 N.W.2d 498 (Wis. 2015)
• Cardinal v. Kindred Healthcare, Inc., 2017 PA Super 19, 155 A.3d 46 (2017)

 

1.03 Public Policy Defenses: Unconscionability

• Nesbitt v. FCNH, Inc., 811 F.3d 371 (10th Cir. 2016)
• Muriithi v. Shuttle Exp., Inc., 712 F.3d 173 (4th Cir. 2013)
• Chavarria v. Ralphs Grocery Co., 733 F.3d 916 (9th Cir. 2013)
• Harrington v. Atlantic Sounding Co., 602 F.3d 113 (2d Cir. 2010)
• Nino v. Jewelry Exchange, Inc., 609 F.3d 191 (3d Cir. 2010)
• Conte v. Blossom Homes, L.L.C., 2016 Ohio 7480, 63 N.E.3d 1245
• Capili v. Finish Line, Inc., 699 Fed. Appx. 620 (9th Cir. 2017).
• Gaither v. Wall & Assocs., Inc., 2017 Ohio 765
• Smith v. D.R. Horton, Inc., 417 S.C. 42 (S.C. 2016)
• Kelker v. Geneva-Roth Ventures, Inc., 303 Mont. 254 (Mont. 2013)

 

1.04 Defective (Unenforceable) Arbitration Agreements

• Anderson v. Taylor Morrison of Fla., Inc., 223 So. 3d 1088 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017)
• King v. Bryant, 795 S.E.2d 340 (N.C. 2017)
• Boatright v. Aegis Def. Servs., LLC, 938 F. Supp. 2d 602 (E.D. Va. 2013)
• Kelleher v. Dream Catcher, L.L.C., 263 F.Supp. 3d 253 (D.D.C. 2017)
• Pine Hills Health and Rehabilitation, LLC v. Matthews, 431 S.W.3d 910 (Ark. 2014)
• State ex rel. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC v. Webster, 232 W. Va. 341, 752 S.E.2d 372 (2013)
• Parnell v. W. Sky Fin., LLC, 664 Fed. Appx. 841 (11th Cir. 2016)
• Geier v. m-Qube, Inc., 824 F.3d 797 (9th Cir. 2016)

 

1.05 Waiver of the Right to Arbitrate

• Betancourt v. Prudential Overall Supply, 215 Cal. Rptr. 3d 344 (Cal. App. 2017)
• CACH, LLC v. Potter, 154 A.3d 939 (R.I. 2017)
• FPE Foundation v. Cohen, 801 F.3d 25 (1st Cir. 2015)
• Iraq Middle Mkt. Dev. Found. v. Harmoosh, 848 F.3d 235 (4th Cir. 2017)
• Parnell v. CashCall, Inc., 804 F.3d 1142 (11th Cir. 2015)
• Joca-Roca Real Estate, LLC v. Brennan, 772 F.3d 945 (1st Cir. 2014)
• In re Pharmacy Benefit Managers Antitrust Litig., 700 F.3d 109 (3d Cir. 2012)
• Johnson Associates Corp. v. HL Operating Corp., 680 F.3d 713 (6th Cir. 2012)
• Erdman Co. v. Phoenix Land & Acquisition, LLC, 650 F.3d 1115 (8th Cir. 2011)
• Petroleum Pipe Am. Corp. v. Jindal Saw, Ltd., 575 F.3d 476 (5th Cir. 2009)
• O’Neal v. Bama Exterminating Co., Inc., 147 So.3d 403 (Ala. 2013)
• Legoland Discovery Ctr. (Dallas), LLC v. Superior Builders, LLC, 531 S.W.3d 218 (Tex. App. 2017)
• BOSC, Inc. v. Bd. Of Cty. Commissioners of Cty. Of Bernalillo, 853 F.3d 1165 (10^th Cir. 2017)
• Williams v. Tucker, 239 W. Va. 395
• Cusimano v. Schnurr, 26 N.Y.3d 391 (N.Y. 2015)

 

Chapter 2 Arbitral Jurisdiction

2.01 Scope of the Arbitration Agreement

• United States ex rel. Welch v. My Left Foot Children's Therapy, LLC, 871 F.3d 791 (9th Cir. 2017)
• Mooneyham v. BRSI, LLC, 682 F. App’x 655 (10th Cir. 2017)
• Unison Co. v. Juhl Energy Dev., Inc., 789 F.3d 816 (8th Cir. 2015)
• Sanchez v. Nitro-Lift Techs., L.L.C., 762 F.3d 1139 (10th Cir. 2014)
• Cape Flattery Ltd. v. Titan Maritime, LLC, 647 F.3d 914 (9th Cir. 2011)
• Idea Nuova, Inc. v. GM Licensing Grp., Inc., 617 F.3d 177 (2d Cir. 2010)
• Dome Tech., LLC v. Golden Sands Gen. Contractors, Inc., 257 F. Supp. 3d 735 (W.D. Va. 2017)
• Doctor’s Assocs. v. Burr, 226 F. Supp. 3d 106 (D. Conn. 2017)
• Horne v. Los Alamos Nat. Sec., L.L.C., 296 P.3d 478 (N.M. 2013)

 

2.02 Who Decides Arbitrability: Court of Arbitrator?

• Rent-A-Center West, Inc. v. Jackson, 130 S. Ct. 2772 (2010)
• Portland Gen. Elec. Co. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 862 F.3d 981 (9th Cir. 2017)
• Jones v. Waffle House, Inc., 866 F.3d 1257 (11th Cir. 2017)
• Roszak v. U.S. Foodservice Inc., 628 F. App’x 513 (9th Cir. 2016)
• Douglas v. Regions Bank, 757 F.3d 460 (5th Cir. 2014)
• Republic of Ecuador v. Chevron Corp., 638 F.3d 384 (2d Cir. 2011)
• Dealer Computer Serv., Inc. v. Old Colony, 588 F.3d 884 (5th Cir. 2009)
• Arshad v. Transp. Sys., 183 F. Supp.3d 442 (S.D. N.Y. 2016)
• Flores v. GMRI, Inc., No. 1:15-CV-1073, 2016 WL 7264845 (M.D. N.C. 2016)
• Schumacher Homes of Circleville, Inc. v. Spencer, 787 S.E.2d 650 (W.Va. 2016)
• Fed. Ins. Co. v. Reedstrom, 197 So.3d 971 (Ala. 2015)

 

2.03 Severability/Separability of the Arbitration Agreement

• Gore v. Alltel Commc’n, LLC, 666 F.3d 1027 (7th Cir. 2012)
• Townsend v. Quadrant Corp., 268 P.3d 917 (Wash. 2012)
• Gessa v. Manor Care of Fla., Inc., 86 So. 3d 484 (Fla. 2011)
• In re Morgan Stanley & Co., 293 S.W.3d 182 (Tex. 2009)

 

2.04  Non-Signatories: Arbitral Jurisdiction Over Parties Who Have Not Signed the Arbitration Agreement

• Jacks v. CMH Homes, Inc., 856 F.3d 1301 (10th Cir. 2017)
• Janvey v. Alguire, 847 F.3d 231 (5th Cir. 2017)
• Robinson v. EOR-ARK, LLC, 841 F.3d 781 (8th Cir. 2016)
• Hays v. HCA Holdings, Inc., 838 F.3d 605 (5th Cir. 2016)
• Flintkote Co. v. Aviva PLC, 769 F.3d 215 (3d Cir. 2014)
• Everett v. Paul Davis Restoration, Inc., 771 F.3d 380 (7th Cir. 2014)
• In re Wholesale Grocery Products Antitrust Litig., 707 F.3d 917 (8th Cir. 2013)
• Krammer v. Toyota Motor Corp., 705 F.3d 1122 (9th Cir. 2013)
• Waterford Inv. Services, Inc. v. Bosco, 682 F.3d 348 (4th Cir. 2012)
• Am. Airlines Fed. Credit Union v. Fonseca, 208 So. 3d 173 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2016)
• In re Rubiola, 334 S.W.3d 220 (Tex. 2011)
• Dea v. PH Fort Myers, LLC, 208 So. 3d 1204 (Fla. App. 2017)
• Singh v. Uber Techs. Inc., 235 F. Supp. 3d 656 (D.N.J. 2017)

 

2.05  Non-Signatories: Application of the 9 U.S.C. Section 3 Mandatory Stay to Non-Signatories

• Arthur Andersen L.L.P. v. Carlisle, 129 S. Ct. 1896 (2009)

 

2.06  Class Arbitration: Developing Case Law, Including the Enforceability of Clauses Prohibiting Class Arbitration

• DIRECTV, Inc. v. Imburgia, 136 S. Ct. 463 (2015)
• Am. Express Co. v. Italian Colors Rest., 133 S. Ct. 2304 (2013)

• Catamaran Corp. v. Towncrest Pharmacy, 864 F.3d 966 (8th Cir. 2017)
• Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC v. Scout Petroleum, LLC, 809 F.3d 746 (3d Cir. 2016)
• AlixPartners LLP v. Brewington, 836 F.3d 543 (6th Cir. 2016)
• Sandquist v. Lebo Automotive, Inc., 376 P.3d 506 (Cal. 2016)

 

2.07  Appeal of Trial Court Orders Requiring or Denying Arbitration

• Grosvenor v. Qwest Corp., 733 F.3d 990 (10th Cir. 2013)
• Heinen v. Northrop Grumman Corp., 671 F.3d 669 (7th Cir. 2012)
• Dialysis Access Center, LLC v. RMS Lifeline, Inc., 638 F.3d 367 (1st Cir. 2011)
• Doctor’s Assocs. v. Nijjar, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56594 (D. Conn. 2017)
• Condon v. Daland Nissan, Inc., 6 Cal. App. 5th 263 (Cal. App. 2016)

 

Chapter 3 Interaction of Federal and State Law

3.01 Commerce Clause Preemption of State Law by the FAA

• Marmet Health Care Center Inc. v. Brown, 132 S. Ct. 1201 (2012)
• Nitro-Lift Technologies, L.L.C. v. Howard, 133 S. Ct. 500 (2012)
• Sakkab v. Luxottica Retail N. Amer., Inc., 803 F.3d 425 (9th Cir. 2015)
• Finn v. Ballentine Partners, LLC, 169 N.H. 128 (2016)
• Bradley v. Brentwood Homes, Inc., 730 S.E.2d 312 (S.C. 2012)
• Nafta Traders, Inc. v. Quinn, 339 S.W.3d 84 (Tex. 2011)

 

3.02 The Role of State Arbitration Law

• Scheurer v. Fromm Family Foods LLC, 863 F.3d 748 (7th Cir. 2017)
• Delaware Coal. for Open Gov’t, Inc. v. Strine, 733 F.3d 510 (3d Cir. 2013)
• Hoskins v. Hoskins, 497 S.W.3d 490 (Tex. 2016)
• Raymond James Fin. Servs., Inc. v. Phillips, 126 So.3d 186 (Fla. 2013)
• Southern Pioneer Life Insurance Co. v. Thomas, 385 S.W.3d 770 (Ark. 2011)

 

3.03 Federal Court Jurisdiction and the FAA

• Kindred Nursing Centers Ltd. P'ship v. Clark, 137 S. Ct. 1421 (2017) 
• CompuCredit Corporation v. Greenwood, 132 S.Ct. 665 (2012)
• Ortiz-Espinosa v. BBVA Sec. of P.R. Inc., 852 F.3d 36 (1st Cir. 2017)
• Preferred Care of Del., Inc. v. Estate of Hopkins, 845 F.3d 765 (6th Cir. 2017)
• Pershing, L.L.C. v. Kiebach, 819 F.3d 179 (5th Cir. 2016)
• Tillman v. Tillman, 825 F.3d 1069 (9th Cir. 2016)
• Katz v. Cellco Parternship, 794 F.3d 341 (2d Cir. 2015)
• CMH Homes, Inc. v. Goodner, 729 F.3d 832 (8th Cir. 2013)

 

3.04 Choice of Law and Choice of Forum

• City of Benkelman, Nebraska v. Baseline Eng'g Corp., 867 F.3d 875 (8th Cir. 2017)

 

Chapter 4 The Arbitral Tribunal

4.01  Disqualifying Arbitrators: Evident Partiality and Related Grounds

• Belize Bank Ltd. v. Gov’t of Belize, 852 F.3d 1107 (D.C. Cir. 2017)
• UBS Fin. Servs., Inc. v. Padussis, 842 F.3d 336 (4th Cir. 2016)
• New Regency Prods. v. Nippon Herald Films, Inc., 501 F.3d 1101 (9th Cir. 2007)
• Viacom Int’l Inc. v. Winshall, 72 A.3d 78 (Del. 2013)
• Tenaska Energy, Inc. v. Ponderosa Pine Energy, LLC, 437 S.W.3d 518 (Tex. 2014), reh’g denied (Aug. 22, 2014)

 

4.02 Structural Bias: Non-neutral Neutrals

• Haworth v. Superior Court, 235 P.3d 152 (Cal. 2010)

 

4.03 Failure of Arbitral Selection Provisions

• Khan v. Dell Inc., 669 F.3d 350 (3d Cir. 2012)
• BP Exploration Libya Ltd. v. ExxonMobil Libya Ltd., 689 F.3d 481 (5th Cir. 2012)
• Ins. Co. of North Am. v. Public Service Mut. Ins. Co., 609 F.3d 122 (2d Cir. 2010)
• In re Serv. Corp. Int’l and SCI Texas Funeral Servs., Inc., 355 S.W.3d 655 (Tex. 2011)
• Nishimura v. Gentry Homes, Ltd., 338 P.3d 524 (Haw. 2014)

 

4.04 Arbitrator Immunity

• Landmark Ventures, 2014 WL 6784397 (S.D.N.Y. 2014)
• Sacks v. Dietrich, 663 F.3d 1065 (9th Cir. 2011)

 

Chapter 5 Preliminary Proceedings

5.01 Interim Relief by the Court

• Stemcor USA Inc. v. Cia Siderurgica do Para Cosipar, 870 F.3d 370 (5th Cir. 2017)
• Adam Techs. Int’l S.A. de C.V. v. Sutherland Global Servs. Inc., 729 F.3d 443 (5th Cir. 2013)
• John Hancock Life Ins. Co. (U.S.A.) v. Employers Reassurance Corp., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 80592 (D. Mass. 2016)
• Next Step Med. Co. v. Johnson & Johnson Int’l, 619 F.3d 67 (C.A.1 (Puerto Rico) 2010)
• Toyo Tire Holdings of Am. v. Continental Tire North America, 609 F.3d 975 (9th Cir. 2010)
• Sanford v. CenturyTel of Mo., LLC, 490 S.W.3d 717 (Mo. 2016)

 

5.02 Arbitral Subpoenas and Pre-hearing Discovery

• Life Receivables Trust v. Syndicate 102 at Lloyd’s of London, 549 F.3d 210 (2nd Cir. 2008)
• Colo. Mills, LLC v. SunOpta Grains and Foods, Inc., 269 P.3d 731 (Col. 2012)

 

5.03  Arbitral Stays of Parallel Litigation and Judicial Stays of Arbitral Proceedings

• MediVas, LLC v. Marubeni Corp., 741 F.3d 4 (9th Cir. 2014)
• PowerShare, Inc. v. Syntel, Inc., 597 F.3d 10 (1st Cir. 2010)

 

5.04 Judicial Stay of Litigation Pending Arbitration

• Davis v. Fenton, 857 F.3d 961 (7th Cir. 2017)
• Louis Berger Group Inc. v. State Bank of India, 802 F.Supp.2d 482 (S.D.N.Y. 2011)

 

Chapter 6 The Arbitration Proceeding

6.01 Preclusion: Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel

• Ardis v. Anderson, 662 F. App'x 729 (11th Cir. 2016)
• Manganella v. Evanston Ins. Co., 700 F.3d 585 (1st Cir. 2012)
• Cont'l Holdings, Inc. v. Crown Holdings Inc., 672 F.3d 567 (8th Cir. 2012)
• Grisby & Associates, Inc. v. M Securities Investment, 664 F.3d 1350 (11th Cir. 2011)

• Shell Oil Co. v. CO2 Committee, Inc., 589 F.3d 1105 (10th Cir. 2009)
• Emilio v. Sprint Spectrum L.P., 68 F. Supp. 3d 509 (S.D.N.Y. 2014)
• Nat’l Wine & Spirits, Inc. v. Ernst & Young, LLP, 976 N.E.2d 699 (Ind. 2012)

 

6.02 Remedial Authority of Arbitrators 

• THI of New Mexico at Vida Encantada, LLC v. Lovato, 864 F.3d 1080 (10th Cir. 2017)
• Reliastar Life Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. EMC Nat’l Life Ins. Co., 564 F.3d 81 (2d Cir. 2009)
• Kitchens v. Turquoise Properties Gulf, Inc., 70 So.3d 377 (Ala.Civ.App. 2010)

 

6.03 Awards of Costs, Fees, and Interest 

• Campbell Harrison & Dagley, L.L.P., v. Hill, 782 F.3d 240 (5th Cir. 2015)
• Lagstein v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, 725 F.3d 1050 (9th Cir. 2013)
• Newmont v. Ins. Co. of North Am., 615 F. 3d 1268 (10th Cir. 2010)
• Janney Montgomery Scott LLC v. Tobin, 571 F.3d 162 (1st Cir. 2009)
• Bald, Fat, & Ugly, LLC v. Keane, 303 P.3d 166 (Idaho 2013)

• Don Drennen Motor Co., Inc. v. McClung, 79 So.3d 593 (Ala. 2011)

 

6.04 Representation of Corporations

• NISHA L.L.C. v. TriBuilt Construction Group, L.L.C, 388 S.W.3d 444 (Ark. 2012)

 

Chapter 7 Challenges to the Arbitral Award

7.01  Statutory Deadlines for Submission of Application to Vacate or Modify Award

• United Food & Commercial Workers Int’l Union, Local No. 7 v. King Soopers, Inc., 743 F.3d 1310 (10th Cir. 2014)
• Gonsalvez v. Celebrity Cruises Inc., 750 F.3d 1195 (11th Cir. 2013) cert. denied, No. 13-1285, 2014 WL 1669263 (U.S. Oct. 6, 2014)
• Karo v. Nau Country Ins. Co., 901 N.W.2d 689 (Neb. 2017)
• M3 Healthcare Solutions v. Family Practice Assoc., 996 A.2d 1279 (Del. 2010)

 

7.02 Contractual Expansion of Grounds of Judicial Review

• Hall Street Assoc. v. Mattel, 552 U.S. 576 (2008)
• Bamberger Rosenheim, Ltd.  v. OA Dev., Inc., 862 F.3d 1284 (11th Cir. 2017)
• In re Wal-Mart Wage and Hour Employment Practices Litigation, 737 F.3d 1262 (9th Cir. 2013)
• Tube City IMS, LLC v. Anza Capital Partners, LLC, 25 F.Supp. 2d 486 (S.D.N.Y. 2014)
• Nafta Traders, Inc. v. Quinn, 339 S.W.3d 84 (Tex. 2011)

 

7.03 Challenges Based on Evidentiary and Procedural Issues

• Conway v. Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n, 858 F.3d 463 (7th Cir. 2017)
• Burton Way Hotels, Ltd. v. Four Seasons Hotels Ltd., 663 F. App’x 567 (9th Cir. 2016)
• Leeward Construction Company, Ltd. v. American University of Antigua-College of Medicine, 826 F.3d 634 (2d Cir. 2016)
• Rainier DSC 1, L.L.C. v. Rainier Capital Mgmt., L.P., 828 F.3d 362 (5th Cir. 2016)
• Grynberg v. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., 805 F.3d 901 (10th Cir. 2015)
• Goldman, Sachs & Co. v. Athena Venture Partners, L.P., 803 F.3d 144 (3d Cir. 2015)
• Doral Fin. Corp. v. García-Vélez, 725 F.3d 27 (1st Cir. 2013)
• Bosack v. Soward, 586 F.3d 1096 (9th Cir. 2009)
• White v. Four Seasons Hotel & Resorts, 244 F.Supp.3d 1 (D.D.C. 2017)
• ECC Capital Corp. v. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, 215 Cal. Rptr. 3d 492 (Ct. App. 2017)
• Brazzel v. Brazzel, 789 S.E.2d 626 (Ga. App. 2016)

 

7.04 Challenges that Arbitrators Exceeded their Authority

• Samaan v. Gen Dynamics Land Sys., 835 F. 3d 593 (6th Cir. 2016)
• BNSF v. Fairfield Greenwich Ltd., 777 F.3d 785 (5th Cir. 2015)
• Davis v. Producers Agricultural Ins. Co., 762 F.3d 1276 (11th Cir. 2014)
• Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. WMR e-PIN, LLC, 653 F.3d. 702 (8th Cir. 2011)
• MCI Constructors, LLC v. City of Greensboro, 610 F.3d 849 (4th Cir. 2010)
• Raymond James Fin. Servs. v. Bishop, 596 F. 3d 183 (4th Cir. 2010)
• Stanley v. Liberty, 111 A.3d 663 (Me. 2015)
• Guardian Builders, LLC v. Uselton, 164 So.3d 964 (Ala. 2014)
• Emerald Aero, LLC v. Kaplan, 9 Cal. App. 5th 78, 215 Cal. Rptr. 3d 5 (Ct. App. 2017)

 

7.05 Manifest Disregard of the Law

• Stolt-Nielson SA v. Animalfeeds int’l Corp., 130 S. Ct. 1758 (2010)
• DeMartini v. Johns, 693 F. App’x 534 (9th Cir. 2017)
• Bangor Gas Co., L.L.C. v. H.Q. Energy Servs. Inc., 695 F.3d 181 (1st Cir. 2012)
• Mesa Power Grp., LLC v. Gov't of Canada, 255 F. Supp. 3d 175 (D.D.C. 2017)
• Xpress Nat. Gas, LLC v. Woodland Pulp, LLC, 162 A.3d 832 (Me. 2017)

 

 

7.06 Non-Statutory Grounds for Review: Public Policy 

• Country Preferred Ins. Co. v. Whitehead, 979 N.E.2d 35 (Ill. 2012)
• Kitsap County Deputy Sheriff’s Guild v. Kitsap County, 167 Wn. 2d 428 (Wash. 2009)

 

Chapter 8 International Arbitration

8.01 Applicability of the New York Convention

• Johnson v. NCL (Bah.) Ltd., 163 F. Supp. 3d 338 (E.D. La. 2016)
• VRG Linhas Aereas S.A. v. Matlinpatterson Global Opportunities Partners II L.P., 717 F.3d 322 (2d Cir. 2013)
• The Ministry of Defense and Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Cubic Defense Systems, Inc., 665 F.3d 1091 (9th Cir. 2011)

• Safety Nat’l Casualty Corp v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, 587 F.3d 714 (5th Cir. 2009)

 

8.02 Enforcement of the Arbitration Agreement

• BG Group PLC v. Republic of Argentina, 134 S. Ct. 1198 (2014)
• Salini Costruttori S.p.A. v. Kingdom of Morocco, 233 F. Supp. 3d 190 (D.D.C. 2017)
• Brittania-U Nigeria, Ltd. v. Chevron USA, Inc., 866 F.3d 709 (5th Cir. 2017)
• Newco Ltd. v. Gov't of Belize, 650 F. App’x 14 (D.C. Cir. 2016)
• AVR Communs., Ltd. v. Am. Hearing Sys., 793 F.3d 847 (8th Cir. 2015)
• Schneider v. Kingdom of Thailand, 688 F.3d 68 (2d Cir. 2012)
• Lindo v. NCL (Bahamas), Ltd., 652 F.3d 1257 (11th Cir. 2011)
• InterDigital Communications, Inc. v. Huawei Investment & Holdings Co., Ltd., 166 F.Supp.3d 463 (S.D.N.Y. 2016)

 

8.03 Removal Under 9 U.S.C. § 205

• Infuturia Global Ltd. v. Sequus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 631 F.3d 1133 (9th Cir. 2011)
• QPro Inc. v. RTD Quality Servs., 761 F. Supp. 2d 492 (S.D. Tex. 2011)

 

8.04  Waiver of Removal Rights Relating to the New York Convention

• Republic of Ecuador v. Connor, 708 F.3d 651 (5th Cir. 2013)
• Ario v. Underwriting Members of Syndicate 53 at Lloyds for the 1998 Year of Account, 618 F.3d 277 (3d Cir. 2010)

 

8.05  Court Assisted Evidence Gatherings Under 28 U.S.C. § 1782

• In re Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecomunicaciones S.A. v. JAS Forwarding (USA), Inc., 685 F.3d 987 (11th Cir. 2012)
• El Paso Corp. v. La Comision Ejecutiva Hidroelectricia del Rio Lempa, 341 Fed. App’x 31 (5th Cir. 2009)
• In Re Application of Mesa Power Grp., L.L.C., 878 F. Supp. 2d 1296 (S.D. Fla. 2012)

 

8.06 Injunctions Against Arbitration

• Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. v. VCG Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd., 598 F.3d 30 (2d Cir. 2010)
• Hospira, Inc. v. Therabel Pharma N.V., 2013 WL 3811488 (N.D. Ill. 2013)

 

8.07  Procedural Barriers against Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards

• Human v. Czech Republic—Ministry of Health, 824 F.3d 131 (D.C. Cir. 2016)
• Sonera Holding B.V. v. Cukurova Holding A.S., 750 F.3d 221 (2d Cir. 2014)
• First Inv. Corp. of Marshall Islands v. Fuijan Mawei Shipbuilding, Ltd., 703 F.3d 742 (5th Cir. 2012)

 

8.08  Enforcement of Foreign Awards Vacated at the Seat of Arbitration

• Getma Int'l v. Republic of Guinea, 862 F.3d 45 (D.C. Cir. 2017)
• Corporación Mexicana de Mantenimiento Integral S. de. R.L. de C.V. v. Pemex-Exploración y Producción, 832 F.3d 92 (2d Cir. 2016)
• Termorio S.A. E.S.P. v. Electranta S.P., 487 F.3d 928 (D.C. Cir. 2007)

 

 

Part II

Decisions That Discuss AAA Arbitration Rules

 

A.  Overview: The AAA Arbitration Rules in the Courts

B.  Alphabetical Table of Cases

C.  Index of Cases Arranged By Type of AAA Rules

D.  Digests of Cases Discussing AAA Rules (Arranged Alphabetically)

 

Appendices

Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes

Commercial Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures

Construction Industry Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures

ICDR Guidelines for Arbitrators Concerning Exchanges of Information

International Dispute Resolution Procedures

Editors

Stephen K. Huber is Professor Emeritus at the University of Houston Law Center, and has served as a visiting professor at the University of Texas, Rice University (Political Science), Pepperdine Law School (Dispute Resolution Program), and the University of East Africa (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania).  He has degrees in law from the University of Chicago and Yale University, and a B.A. from Earlham College. He is a life member of the American Law Institute.

Professor Huber’s teaching and scholarly interest have centered on business and commerce (Contracts), and the regulation thereof (Administrative Law, Regulation of Financial Intermediaries).  Over the last decade, his writings have focused on private binding dispute resolution proceedings (Arbitration). Teaching materials include: Stephen K. Huber & Maureen A. Weston, ARBITRATION: CASES AND MATERIALS (3d ed. LexisNexis 2011); Wendy Trachte-Huber & Stephen K. Huber, and MEDIATION AND NEGOTIATION: REACHING AGREEMENT IN LAW AND BUSINESS (2d ed. LexisNexis 2007).  Mr. Huber is a member of the State Bar of Texas, and the editor of Alternative Resolutions, the quarterly journal of the Dispute Resolution Section. He is the author of numerous publications relating to arbitration.

James Lawrence serves as the Executive Director of the Blakely Advocacy Institute and the Interim Director of the A. A. White Dispute Resolution Center, at the University of Houston Law Center.  The Blakely provides skills training to over 400 Law Center students each year.  He also directs the Law Center’s highly successful Moot Court Interscholastic Competition Program and Alternative Dispute Resolution Interscholastic Competition Program.  Over the past four years, both programs have fielded intercollegiate teams that have won over 38 international, national, and regional titles. He is the originator of the Moot Court Rankings and the Moot Court National Championship, now sponsored by Hunton Andrews Kurth, LLP. 

He specializes in the alternative dispute resolution process, with a focus on legal negotiation and communication.  He designed and teaches several of the Law Center's Alternative Dispute Resolution courses including Legal Negotiations, Advocacy Survey, and Advanced Negotiations. He has taught Negotiations in the University of Houston, Bauer College of Business Executive MBA program and he also serves on the Professional Sports Counseling Panel for the University of Houston Athletic Department, where he works with University of Houston athletes, on an as needed basis, in their negotiations with professional agents.

Mr. Lawrence is a principle with Trial Science Solutions, a national and international trial and arbitration advocacy consulting firm where he engages in the study of judge, jury, and arbitration decision making and the development of successful trial and arbitration advocacy.  Prior to that, he was a senior trial Consultant with The Advocates for over 15 years.  He is the Communications Expert for the American Bar Association/National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute and he has served as a program director and faculty member for many other courses offered by NITA. 

He is a Fellow in the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is Vice Chair for Membership of the North American Branch of CIArb.  He is certified to teach the Member Level Course for the Chartered Institute and he is currently a co-editor for the American Arbitration Association’s Yearbook on Arbitration and the Law.  He holds a Certificate in Advanced Arbitration Skills from the Law Center’s A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center and he is a Qualified Mediator in Texas.  Mr. Lawrence is a featured speaker in advocacy training programs both nationally and internationally.

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– Carolyn Lamm, Partner, White & Case, former President of the ABA

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– William Park, former President LCIA; Professor, Boston University

“Welcome back to Arbitration & the Law, and thanks to the AAA and University of Houston Law Center for reviving this publication. Research has just gotten easier for the arbitration community, particularly with the new organization―by stage of an arbitration for the case digests.”
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