Arbitration award set aside because of arbitrator failure to disclose conflict
A California Court of Appeals vacated an arbitrator's $3.3 million award because he failed to timely disclose he was retained as an arbitrator in another case involving the attorneys for one of the parties. The case is summarized over at the the Real Estate and Construction Law blog.
Disclosure was mandatory under California law. Of moment the court held the California disclosures was not preeempted by the Federal Arbitration Act since the disclosures mandated by the California law did not conflict with the basic policies of the Act.
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