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International Arbitration in Latin America| Webcast on May 4th, 2011

By Victoria VanBuren - May 3, 2011

Kluwer Arbitration will present the live Webcast “Prepare for the Worst: Designing the Best Arbitration Clauses for Latin American Investments” this Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 at 11:30am EDT. International arbitration experts will discuss drafting arbitration clauses in Latin America. The panel will also provide tips and guidelines about Latin American M&A transactions. Speakers: Nigel Blackaby – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringe

GUEST-POST PART II | AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion and the Bright Side of the Force

By Victoria VanBuren - May 2, 2011

By James M. Gaitis [See Part I here. ] Because the only valid grounds for vacatur now recognized by the Supreme Court are those grounds found in Section 10 of the FAA, the above statements by the Supreme Court in AT&T Mobility show that the Court in effect was stating that an arbitral failure to at least attempt to apply the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in the Court’s hypothetical example would constitute either “misbehavior&#

GUEST-POST PART I | AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion and the Bright Side of the Force

By Victoria VanBuren - May 2, 2011

By James M. Gaitis Last week’s United States Supreme Court decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 2011 WL 1561956 (U.S., April 27, 2011) no doubt will provide arbitration law commentators with ample fodder to debate merits the Court’s opinion as pertains not only to class arbitration but, also, related questions concerning federal preemption under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) and the “substantive federal law of ar