Meet the 2024 CCA Associates Rebecca Huang, FCIArb, (Weintraub Huang LLP) is a Canadian Arbitrator uniquely qualified to handle complex commercial disputes involving Chinese parties, venues and/or documents. Admitted to practice law in Ontario, Canada in 2006, Ms. Huang is the Managing Partner of Weintraub Huang LLP, a boutique Toronto law firm dedicated to the arbitration and litigation of complex commercial disputes. Raised and educated in China, and since 1994 in Canada, Ms. …
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CCA Congratulates and Welcomes the New Fellows Class of 2024!
CCA welcomes 7 new Fellows in 2024. More information about our latest class will be coming soon! Steven M. Bauer (Boston, Massachusetts) Loretta M. Gastwirth (Mineola, New York) Michael J. Jordan (Longboat Key, Florida) Hon. Michael C. Massengale (Houston, Texas) Terry F. Moritz (Highland Park, Illinois) Andrew D. Ness (Washington, D.C.) Roderick M. Thompson (San Francisco, California) -- Congratulations to the New Fellow Class of 2024! -- …
Exploring California’s Reputation: From Wild West to Arbitration Destination
California is well positioned as an arbitration venue, particularly for U.S. to Asia disputes, due to its geography, leading universities, experienced arbitrators, and capable judiciary. (Reprinted with permission from the May 1, 2024 issue of the Daily Journal ©2024 Daily Journal Corporation. All rights reserved. Further duplication without permission is prohibited.) *The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of CCA or any other …
The College of Commercial Arbitrators Announces 2024 Associates Selected for Prestigious Associates Mentorship Program
Highly Qualified, Candidates Increasing Diversity in Commercial Arbitration AUSTIN, TX – The College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA) announces its 2024 “CCA Associates,” a carefully selected group of well-qualified arbitrators. The CCA launched the Associates Mentorship Program in 2022 to assist arbitrators from diverse backgrounds with their efforts to develop commercial arbitration practices. All CCA Associates have active alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practices, but less than …
SCOTUS Holds That Transportation Worker Need Not Work in Transportation Industry to Qualify for FAA Section 1 Exemption
On April 12, 2024, in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries St., LLC (“Bissonnette”), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously resolved a split in the U.S. Courts of Appeal concerning the scope of the exemption in Section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) for "contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce." Last Term, in Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon (“Saxon”), SCOTUS had held that “any class of workers directly …
CCA Launches 2024 Associates Mentorship Program
The CCA Associates Mentorship Program Aims to Increase Diversity in the Alternative Dispute Resolution Field The College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA), a professional, collegial organization established in 2001, that celebrates and advocates excellence in the field of commercial arbitration – in the US and internationally – has opened the 2024 application period for its popular mentorship opportunity. The CCA designed its annual Associates Mentorship Program to share the Fellows’ …
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You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Arbitration practitioners and neutrals alike are familiar with the abundant case law setting a high bar for losing parties seeking to avoid enforcement of a foreign arbitration award under the New York Convention. In a case argued before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on February 16, 2024, one member of the three-judge panel invoked the words of Don Corleone in The Godfather to underscore that users of arbitration must accept the result of the dispute resolution process that they …
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Section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act: Why it’s important
While hunkering down and avoiding freezing weather, the Aardvark* came across an important arbitration case where the Supreme Court granted certiorari on January 12 of this year on the following issue: Whether Section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act requires district courts to stay a lawsuit pending arbitration, or whether district courts have discretion to dismiss when all claims are subject to arbitration. Section 3 references staying the court proceeding, but many …
