Dewberry Engineers Inc. (“Dewberry Engineers”), a prominent engineering firm, has been locked in an on-again, off-again trademark dispute with a real estate development firm called Dewberry Group, Inc. (“Dewberry Group”)…

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U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Holocaust Survivors’ Lawsuit Against Hungary in the United States for Expropriation of Their Property Is Permitted Under the Commercial Activities Exception to the Foreign…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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:

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