U.S. Supreme Court Rules Unanimously That Federal Courts Can Exercise Jurisdiction Over the Palestinian Authority in Damages Actions Brought by U.S. Victims of Palestinian Terror
In 2019, Congress enacted the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act (PSJVTA), which created jurisdiction over the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for terrorism-related lawsuits in U.S. courts, even when the act of terrorism occurred outside the United States. In the first case brought…
Continue Reading U.S. Supreme Court Rules Unanimously That Federal Courts Can Exercise Jurisdiction Over the Palestinian Authority in Damages Actions Brought by U.S. Victims of Palestinian TerrorAnti-dumping Petition Targets Plywood Imports from China, Indonesia and Vietnam Importers and Exporters Must Act Now or Risk Punitive Tariffs Exceeding 400%
By Lizbeth R. Levinson and Alexander Keyser
May 23, 2025 – A new trade petition…
Continue Reading Anti-dumping Petition Targets Plywood Imports from China, Indonesia and Vietnam Importers and Exporters Must Act Now or Risk Punitive Tariffs Exceeding 400%The U.S. Supreme Court Decides that Federal Courts Should Stay, Rather than Dismiss, Cases that Are Subject to Arbitration, If One Party Requests It
In May 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided an issue that has divided the federal…
Continue Reading The U.S. Supreme Court Decides that Federal Courts Should Stay, Rather than Dismiss, Cases that Are Subject to Arbitration, If One Party Requests ItU.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether the Palestinian Authority Can Be Sued In the United States for Terror Attacks in Israel
The United States Supreme Court may soon decide whether U.S. victims of terrorist attacks in…
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U.S. Supreme Court Decides That, Where Parties Have Agreed to Two Contracts that Are In Conflict as to Whether a Dispute Between the Parties Is Subject to Arbitration, A Court Must Decide Which Contract Governs, Not an Arbitrator
In a unanimous opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided that a court, not an arbitrator, must decide whether a dispute is subject to arbitration when parties have agreed to…
Continue Reading U.S. Supreme Court Decides That, Where Parties Have Agreed to Two Contracts that Are In Conflict as to Whether a Dispute Between the Parties Is Subject to Arbitration, A Court Must Decide Which Contract Governs, Not an ArbitratorU.S. Supreme Court Decides that Federal Courts Should Stay, Rather than Dismiss, Cases that Are Subject to Arbitration, If One Party Requests It
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided an issue concerning cases that are subject to arbitration that has divided the federal courts of appeals: when the claims at issue in a…
Continue Reading U.S. Supreme Court Decides that Federal Courts Should Stay, Rather than Dismiss, Cases that Are Subject to Arbitration, If One Party Requests ItLitigants in Two Major International Arbitrations Ask the Supreme Court to Review the Standard for Showing “Evident Partiality” By Arbitrators
Conflicts of interest are of great interest to law firms, prosecutors, and arbitrators. In two major international arbitrations, parties are seeking review by the United States Supreme Court of the…
Continue Reading Litigants in Two Major International Arbitrations Ask the Supreme Court to Review the Standard for Showing “Evident Partiality” By ArbitratorsAnother Petition to U.S. Supreme Court Seeks Review of the Standard Governing the Vacatur of Arbitration Awards Based on Arbitrator Conflicts of Interests
The standard that courts should apply in deciding whether to vacate an arbitration award based on arbitrator conflicts of interest is drawing increased focus in appeals to the United States…
Continue Reading Another Petition to U.S. Supreme Court Seeks Review of the Standard Governing the Vacatur of Arbitration Awards Based on Arbitrator Conflicts of InterestsConsortium That Lost Arbitration Involving Panama Canal Dispute Asks the U.S. Supreme Court to Clarify the Standard Governing the Vacatur of Arbitration Awards Based on Arbitrator Conflicts of Interests
A consortium that was on the losing side of a $238-million arbitration over the construction of the third set of locks for the Panama Canal is asking the United States…
Continue Reading Consortium That Lost Arbitration Involving Panama Canal Dispute Asks the U.S. Supreme Court to Clarify the Standard Governing the Vacatur of Arbitration Awards Based on Arbitrator Conflicts of InterestsU.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Federal Courts Have Authority to Dismiss, Rather than Stay, Cases that Are Subject to Arbitration
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide an issue concerning cases that are subject to arbitration that has divided the federal appeals courts: when the claims at issue in…
Continue Reading U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Federal Courts Have Authority to Dismiss, Rather than Stay, Cases that Are Subject to ArbitrationNew York Caps Retainage at 5% On Private Construction Projects, Permits Contractors to Submit Final Invoice Upon Substantial Completion
New York has made changes to its Prompt Payment Act (N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law §756)
Legislation, which Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law on November 17, 2023, provides that:
retainage…
Continue Reading New York Caps Retainage at 5% On Private Construction Projects, Permits Contractors to Submit Final Invoice Upon Substantial CompletionUnderstanding the Differences in the Enforcement of Arbitration Awards and Expert Determinations
Is there a difference in enforcement between an arbitration award and an expert determination pursuant to a contract? The answer is yes, according to a recent ruling by the 3rd…
Continue Reading Understanding the Differences in the Enforcement of Arbitration Awards and Expert DeterminationsWe review four major decisions relating to U.S. arbitration that have been decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court or have been granted certiorari.[1]
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