Arbitration Clauses as Separate Executory Contracts

The Bankruptcy Protector

This term, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has authored a pair of opinions related to arbitration. The first of these decisions, Badgerow v. Walters, 20-1143, 142 S. Ct. 1310 (2022) came down on March 31, 2022, where Justice Kagan, writing for the 8/1 majority, held that a court must have an independent basis of federal jurisdiction to undertake a petition to confirm or vacate an arbitration award.

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USA, Arbitration & ADR, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Federal Arbitration Act 1926 (USA), SCOTUS
Location:
USA
Firm:
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Applying Jevic: How Courts Are Interpreting and Applying the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Structured Dismissals and Priority Skipping

The Bankruptcy Protector

Back in September, the Bankruptcy Protector announced that was introducing a new periodic series: theJevic Files. As promised, we have published intermittent updates identifying cases where Jevic priority skipping issues are raised and adjudicated.

In this post, we attempt to provide a succinct summary of all cases decided post-Jevic.

How Courts Are Applying Jevic

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USA, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Federal Arbitration Act 1926 (USA), SCOTUS
Authors:
Shane G. Ramsey
Location:
USA
Firm:
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP