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SERV. EMPLOYEES INT'L UNION v. ST. VINCENT MED. CTR.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
A dispute between a union and an employer was primarily contractual, not representational, and an arbitration clause in the agreement is susceptible...

BANCO DE SEGUROS DEL ESTADO v. MUT. MARINE OFFICE, INC.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
In a consolidated appeal arising out of two separate reinsurance arbitrations, plaintiff explicitly waived its immunity to the posting of pre-hearing...

BANDERA v. CITY OF QUINCY

Civil Rights, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a sexual harassment case, a judgment to plaintiff awarding punitive damages must be stayed pending an evidentiary hearing on the validity of a...

HADNOT v. BAY, LTD.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The district court did not err in holding the arbitration provision of an employment contract valid and enforceable, after striking a ban on the...

WOODMEN OF THE WORLD LIFE INS. SOC'Y v. MANGANARO

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
It cannot be said to a legal certainty that the arbitration award in question would be less than the requisite jurisdictional amount of more than...

SAPIC v. GOV'T OF TURKMENISTAN

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law
A third-party foreign government that did not sign a joint venture agreement was not subject to the jurisdiction of the International Chamber of...

NEW YORK HEALTH & HUMAN SERV. UNION v. NYU HOSPS. CTR.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a case concerning a disputed union election, despite the Stipulated Election Agreement's terms, it cannot be said with "positive assurance" that...

HAKALA v. DEUTSCHE BANK AG

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
N.Y. C.P.L.R. section 205(a), which permits the commencement of a new action within six months of the termination of an application to vacate or...

HOEFT v. MVL GROUP, INC.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
District court's vacating of an arbitration award due to arbitrator's manifest disregard of the law is reversed where 1) the court should not have...

SCOCH v. INFOUSA, INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Parties did not specifically contract for a heightened standard of review of arbitrator's award, and the district court correctly reviewed the award...