28 U.S.C. § 1447(d) bars appellate review of remand orders. 9 U.S.C. § 205 permits removal of actions relating to international arbitration agreements, and 9 U.S.C. § 16 permits appellate review of orders denying motions to compel arbitration. So what happens when a case is removed under section 205 and the district court in a…
Tag: Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
International Arbitration Award Confirmed Under New Standards
Last year, in Corporación AIC, SA v. Hidroélectrica Santa Rita S.A., 66 F.4th 876 (11th Cir. 2023) (en banc), the court overruled two prior decisions to hold that the grounds for vacatur of an international arbitration award are those set forth in Chapter 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), not the grounds enumerated in…
Party Seeking to Vacate International Arbitration Award Must Assert Ground Enumerated in Convention, Court Reaffirms
In Inversiones y Procesadora Tropical INPROTSA, S.A. v. Del Monte International GmbH, 2019 WL 1768911 (11th Cir. Apr. 23, 2019), the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s order that denied INPROTSA’s petition to vacate an international arbitration award and confirmed that award. Concluding that INPROTSA was required to assert a valid defense under the Convention…