Shall we applaud, or regret, the latest decision from a panel in the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals concerning the quality of proof needed to vacate an international arbitration award for “evident partiality or corruption”? (Kohel Beth Yechiel Mechil of Tartikov, Inc. v. YLL Irrevocable Trust, No. 12-3247-CV (2d Cir. Aug. 30, 2013). Shall we applaud the fact that an arbitral award survived a motion to vacate by the losing side, and see this as another heartening judicial vindication of the arbitral...
