I don’t mean to be imprecise, but I think that the Eleventh Circuit may have recently issued the most luddite opinion I’ve seen in a good long while. See Managed Care Advisory Group, LLC v. CIGNA Healthcare, Inc., 2019 WL 4464301 (11th Cir. Sept. 18, 2019). According to the court, Section 7 of
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Arbitration Awards Cannot Be Vacated Just Because Arbitrator Excluded Evidence
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In two decisions this week, courts consider whether arbitration awards can be vacated based on arbitrators’ decisions to exclude evidence. In both cases, the courts affirm an arbitrator’s authority to make reasonable evidentiary decisions — excluding hearsay and denying tardy subpoena requests — as long as those decisions do not deny a party a fair…
An ArbitrationNation Roadmap: Document subpoenas to third parties
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This post is dedicated to a perennial favorite topic: subpoenas for documents in arbitration. Why this topic and not something hot off the presses? Because SCOTUS has not yet accepted or denied the cert petition in Sutter, and no cases have come out recently that meet my high standards for discussion on this blog…