Petition Seeks Supreme Court Review Of Standard For Determining Federal Court Jurisdiction Over Motions To Confirm Or Vacate Arbitration Awards
By EsqSocial Corporation 04/05/21
An employee of a Louisiana financial service company who lost in an employment-related arbitration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve an arbitration-related issue that has divided the circuit courts: Do federal courts have subject-matter jurisdiction to confirm or vacate an arbitration award under Sections 9 and 10 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) where the only basis for such jurisdiction is that the underlying dispute involved a federal question?......
By: Fox Rothschild LLP