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Recent Supreme Court and DC Circuit Decisions Concerning Arbitration
New York Law Journal
March 15, 2019
The Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Court have each recently decided cases involving arbitration. Co-authored by partner Holly Weiss, this article addresses New Prime v. Oliveira, in which the Supreme Court ruled on an exception to arbitrability under § 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1, and Diag Human v. Czech Republic, in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled on the binding nature of foreign arbitral awards.
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