SPECIAL FOCUS: SEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT BRINGS DOWN CURTAIN ON PRE-AWARD CHALLENGE TO ARBITRATOR PARTIALITY
What happens when an arbitrator is asked to further arbitrate an alleged fraud committed in a prior arbitration in which the same arbitrator presided? In this Special Focus, John Pitblado examines a recent Seventh Circuit decision holding that knowledge acquired in a prior reinsurance arbitration about an alleged failure to disclose material documents did not render the arbitrator impartial, since an arbitration need not follow the pattern of jury trials.
This post written by John Pitblado.
