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Alternative dispute resolution practitioners know that the Supreme Court long ago made it clear that state legislatures and courts may not interfere with the federal policy, as expressed in the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., favoring arbitration as a method of dispute resolution. Right? Yes and no. The Supreme Court has been quite clear—repeatedly—but the message continues to meet resistance. Once again, in the fall 2011 term, the Court had to repeat this message.
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Fifth Circuit rules that arbitrator bias issue must be raised before the Arbitration Award is rendered. In the case of Dealer Computer Servs. v. Michael Motor Co., No. 11-20053 (5th Cir. Aug. 14, 2012), the issue of the arbitrator’s partiality is discussed where the Fifth Circuit disagrees with the district court’s conclusions.