by Kent Holland | Apr 14, 2025 | Newsletter Article
An arbitration clause that gave one party sole discretion in deciding whether to arbitrate a claim was unenforceable. A district court granted contractor’s motion to compel arbitation but this was reversed on appeal because of the one-sided nature of the clause...
by Kent Holland | Oct 25, 2022 | Newsletter Article
Parties to a construction subcontract disagreed over whether their dispute fit within the scope of the arbitration provision in the subcontract. Trial court denied a motion to compel arbitration. Appellate court reversed, holding that the arbitration provision in...
by Kent Holland | Aug 16, 2022 | Newsletter Article
Where arbitration demand was filed later than a lawsuit could have been filed, the defendant asked the court to dismiss the arbitration as untimely filed. Court held that the Maryland statute of limitations applied only to actions filed in courts and that because the...
by Kent Holland | Jul 22, 2022 | Newsletter Article
Arbitrator awarded attorneys fees to one party in an action. This decision was appealed and the appellate court affirmed, holding that the arbitrator at least arguably construed the parties’ agreement in awarding attorneys fees and expert costs to one of the parties....
by Kent Holland | Dec 21, 2021 | Newsletter Article
In an interesting court decision enforcing an arbitration award, the Court of Appeals of Washington, D.C. affirmed a three person arbitration panel’s decision in favor of a contractor against a subcontractor and rejected the subcontractor’s argument that the decision...
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