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Disquiet On The Home Front: Disturbing Crises In The Nation's Markets And Institutions, Shelby D. Green Sep 2009

Disquiet On The Home Front: Disturbing Crises In The Nation's Markets And Institutions, Shelby D. Green

Pace Law Review

No abstract provided.


Should New York Courts Hear Certified Questions From The Securities And Exchange Commission?, Verity Winship Apr 2009

Should New York Courts Hear Certified Questions From The Securities And Exchange Commission?, Verity Winship

Pace Law Review

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Hall Street Blues: The Uncertain Future Of Manifest Disregard, Jill I. Gross Jan 2009

Hall Street Blues: The Uncertain Future Of Manifest Disregard, Jill I. Gross

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

In 2008, in Hall Street Assocs. v. Mattel, Inc., the Supreme Court resolved a then-existing split in the federal circuits and held that parties cannot contractually expand the grounds for judicial review of an arbitration award when invoking the Federal Arbitration Act's vacatur provisions, elevating the finality of arbitration over the parties’ freedom of contract. The Hall Street decision necessarily impacted subsequent jurisprudence regarding parties’ motions to vacate arbitration awards. While the opinion clearly and explicitly barred further contractual expansion of grounds for review, it also avoided and thus left unresolved the issue of whether it would endorse or reject …