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Hawaii Supreme Court Adopts Strict Vacature Rule
Hawaii Supreme Court adopts strict vacature rule for arbitrator nondisclosure of possible future relationship. The Madamba case. Dec 7, 2015 Hawaii Supreme Court adopts strict vacature rule for arbitrator nondisclosure of possible future relationship The...
Potential Arbitration Time Trap
Confirming or vacating arbitration awards: be aware of a potential time trap The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) and state arbitration statutes can present different statutes of limitation for the confirmation of an arbitration award and different statutes of...
Arbitration Award Vacature The Nordic Case.
Arbitration award vacature. The Nordic case. Hawaii Supreme Court issues important decision addressing vacature of arbitration awards for alleged partiality of the arbitrator due to nondisclosure of potential conflicts. The Hawaii Supreme Court overruled an ICA...
Is Civil Procedure Offer of Judgment Rule 68 Applicable in Arbitration?
Expense shifting in arbitration. Is Civil Procedure Offer of Judgment Rule 68 applicable in arbitration? Where the civil procedure rules, related statutes and rules of arbitration adopted by parties in their contractual arbitration agreements are silent as to whether...
Myths of Labor Arbitration
Myths of Labor Arbitrations Lou Chang, Copyright 2015 Merriam-Webster defines conventional wisdom (“CW”) as “opinions or beliefs that are held or accepted by most people” or the “generally accepted belief, opinion, judgment or prediction about a particular matter.” In...
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