In recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court and appellate courts have issued a series of opinions addressing the permissible scope of class action arbitrations. 

A one-year statute of limitations applies to motions to confirm an arbitration award governed by the Federal Arbitration Act. Photopaint Technologies, LLC v. Smartlens Corp., 335 F.3d 152 (2d Cir. 2003).

Federal courts have taken a narrow view of the law when called upon to enforce an arbitral subpoena.

As the topic of the last chapter dealt with deposits, a bank's cost of funds, this chapter treats the income a bank derives from the use of those funds.

 A principle well established in arbitration law is that, unless the parties expressly and unambiguously preclude an award of punitive damages in their arbitration clause, the arbitration tribunal will be able to award punitive damages.

"One of the main issues concerning brokers, now sometimes called insurance producers,6 is whether the broker is an agent of the insurer or the insured."

This article addresses a basic arbitration practice question: what role do dispositive motions have in arbitration?

What follows are our top thirty tips, which you cannot find in any arbitration rules, since they are gleaned from actual cases we have heard and those our colleagues have told us about. 

One must first understand what a bank is before attempting to understand the complex bank regulatory system.

This article aims to provide the basis for a more systematic consideration of the arbitral versus judicial alternatives.