In a decision that confirms arbitrators’ broad discretion to not only fashion remedies, but also fashion sanctions, the Minnesota Court of Appeals held that an arbitrator did not exceed his power by issuing a severe sanction: denying one party the right to defend against certain claims after finding that party had fabricated evidence relating to those claims. Seagate Technology, LLC v. Western Digital Corp., __N.W.2d __, 2013 WL 3779231 (Minn. Ct. App. July 22, 2013).
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