Over at Outsourcing Justice (a blog about arbitration), Professor Imre Szalai summarizes a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in which the court vacated an arbitration award because of the failure by the arbitrator to disclose the arbitrator’s ownership interest in the arbitral organization (JAMS).
Professor Szalai’s summary 9th Circuit: Double-Dipping JAMS Arbitrator Leads to Vacatur, can be found here.
The decision is Monster Energy Co v. City Beverages (9th Cir. Oct. 22, 2019), and a copy of the decision can be found here.