ARBITRATION PANEL CAN PROCEED TO AN AWARD AFTER ONE MEMBER RESIGNS
In Zeiler v. Deitsch, No. 06-1893 (2d Cir. Aug. 23,2007), the Court held that an arbitration panel composed of three rabbis could proceed to make an award after one member had resigned from the panel, because the arbitration agreement permitted that result. The Court also affirmed the confirmation of various accounting awards. This opinion is somewhat unique in that the arbitration was governed by Jewish law. The Court also stated, however, that the result would have been the same had the Federal Artbitration Act controlled.
