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Law Practice,
Alternative Dispute Resolution

Mar. 3, 2022

Handling the hot potato of ‘manifest disregard of the law’

It seems to have first shown its face in 1953 and, as the great poet said, “not with a bang, but a whimper” — a federal appeals court was faced with a question that really had nothing to do with “manifest disregard of the law” as grounds for vacating an arbitration award.

Fred Bennett

Email: fredgbennettADR@outlook.com

1946-2022. Experienced international and domestic arbitrator and mediator, fellow with the College of Commercial Arbitrators, member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals and the ICC Commission, former head of arbitration at Quinn Emanuel and Gibson Dunn.

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