Jorden Burt Arbitration Roundup

Editor's note: Brian Perryman, an associate at Jorden Burt LLP, focuses his legal practice on the defense of consumer class actions, non-class representative actions, and other forms of complex litigation.

Manifest Disregard:

Amway Global v. Woodward, Case No. 09-12946 (USDC E.D. Mich. Sept. 30, 2010) (rejecting multiple manifest disregard of law challenges, including that arbitrator, in applying Michigan law, failed to follow Fifth Circuit ruling that plaintiff's standard agreement was illusory and unenforceable under Texas law).

Church Insurance Co. v. Ace Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Case No. 10-00698 (USDC S.D.N.Y. Sept. 23, 2010) (granting unopposed petition to confirm …