You may have recently read on this blog that “vacating an arbitration award is an uphill battle.” As my colleague Hamutal G. Lieberman discussed, there are only two instances when an arbitration award may be vacated: (1) instances involving fraud, corruption or misconduct of the arbitrators or (2) where an arbitration award exhibits
Keeping Up With the Commercial Division: Statewide “Presumptive ADR” System for all Civil Cases
New York is continuously working to advance the delivery and quality of civil justice in this state. We recently discussed the technological developments in New York State Commercial Division courtrooms and a few months ago we discussed the increasingly-codified perspective of Commercial Division Justices to encourage junior attorneys to play a larger role in the
New York, Not Swiss Law Applies to Lawsuit Over “Stolen” $40M Princie Diamond
In a recent decision by the New York County Commercial Division (Borrok, J.), the Court held that New York law, not Swiss law, applies to a dispute involving the ownership of the storied Princie Diamond – an extremely rare and valuable 34.65 carat pink diamond quarried from the legendary Golconda mines of India. In a
Upgrading to Commercial Division 2.0 (Part II)
Luddites beware! If you’ve been reluctant to introduce technology into the way you practice law, the Commercial Division may soon leave you behind.
Here at New York Commercial Division Practice we regularly report on technological developments in the Commercial Division. Earlier this year, for example, we reported on the technological proclivities of newly-appointed Manhattan Commercial
Law firm’s “no poaching” agreement escapes judicial review, and heads to arbitration
Neil Sedaka was right. “Breaking up is hard to do.” It’s no easier for law firms. The saga over the departure of key partners from Quinn Emanuel continues, but this time in arbitration, not the courts.
Justice Saliann Scarpulla was faced with a motion by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP to dismiss