http://loreelawfirm.com/blog/ninth-circuit-approves-ex-parte-hearing-procedures-in-reinsurance-case-united-states-life-ins-co-v-superior-nat%e2%80%99l-ins-co Fri, 13 May 2011 22:34:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://loreelawfirm.com/blog/ninth-circuit-approves-ex-parte-hearing-procedures-in-reinsurance-case-united-states-life-ins-co-v-superior-nat%e2%80%99l-ins-co/comment-page-1#comment-8953 Arbitration Nuts & Bolts: Vacating Arbitration Awards — Part IV: Federal Arbitration Act Section 10(a)(3) – Procedural Misconduct | Loree Reinsurance and Arbitration Law Forum Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:06:33 +0000 http://loreelawfirm.com/blog/?p=2288#comment-8953 [...] Section 10(a)(3) says a court for may vacate an arbitration award for “misconduct” or “misbehavior.”  It specifies only two types of misconduct:  “refusing to postpone the hearing, upon sufficient cause shown” and “refusing to hear evidence pertinent and material to the controversy.”  But it contains a catch-all provision that authorizes vacatur when the arbitrators are “guilty.  .  .  of any other misbehavior by which the rights of any party have been prejudiced.”    We have discussed in a prior posts the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision rejecting certain Section 10(a)(3) challenges to a reinsurance arbitration award.  (Post here.) [...] [...] Section 10(a)(3) says a court for may vacate an arbitration award for “misconduct” or “misbehavior.”  It specifies only two types of misconduct:  “refusing to postpone the hearing, upon sufficient cause shown” and “refusing to hear evidence pertinent and material to the controversy.”  But it contains a catch-all provision that authorizes vacatur when the arbitrators are “guilty.  .  .  of any other misbehavior by which the rights of any party have been prejudiced.”    We have discussed in a prior posts the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision rejecting certain Section 10(a)(3) challenges to a reinsurance arbitration award.  (Post here.) [...]

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