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Arbitration after Hall Street
In Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc., 128 S. Ct. 1396 (2008), the United States Supreme Court held, in a 6-3 decision, that parties seeking to enforce an arbitration award under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) cannot contractually expand the scope of a court’s review of the award beyond the limited standards of review provided in the FAA. The Court’s ruling resolved a longstanding split among the circuits on this issue, but the scope of its decision and its long-term impact on arbitration are from from clear.
