Experienced arbitrators and counsel well know that the FAA provides that an award may be vacated where it was procured by “undue means,” or the arbitrator was guilty of “misbehavior,” or “imperfectly executed” his or her powers. 9 U.S.C. § 10 (a)(1), (3), and (4). If you have thought to yourself that “nothing like that will ever happen to me,” using generative AI should make you think again as illustrated by three 2025 appellate cases in which non-existent cases were cited. In Kohls v. …
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Ep. 5 Best Practices for Drafting Reasoned Arbitration Awards: A Conversation with John Burritt McArthur
In this episode of CCA Arbitration Talk, recorded live at the American Arbitration Association’s Biannual Neutrals Conference in Dallas, host Rich Silberberg is joined by CCA Fellow John Burritt (“Mac”) McArthur — experienced commercial arbitrator and author of The Reasoned Arbitration Award in the United States: Its Purposes, Preparation, Problems, and Preservation (Juris, 2022). Mr. McArthur shares insights from his extensive career as both advocate and arbitrator, discussing …