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U.S. Seventh Circuit Rejects Challenge to Appointment of Replacement Arbitrator

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: Lexology, September 4, 2009.

Seventh Circuit rejects challenge to appointment of replacement arbitrator because party waited until conclusion of arbitration
Hunton & Williams LLP
"The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently ruled that a party contesting the appointment of a replacement arbitrator ? because an arbitrator resigned ? must ask the district court to appoint the replacement under Section 5 of the Federal Arbitration Act ('FAA') before proceeding with the arbitration instead of waiting until after the arbitration award."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on September 04, 2009 (boomark / email).