Loree & Loree Blog Appellate Division, First Department Vacates Arbitration Award Because it Rewrote the Parties' Collective Bargaining Agreement

New York's arbitration law (Article 75 of the CPLR), like the Federal Arbitration Act (the "FAA"), strictly limits award challenges premised on an arbitrator's disregard of the parties' contract. Arbitrator interpretations of the parties' agreement cannot be second-guessed, even if the arbitrator has "disregarded" "the apparent, or even the plain, meaning of the words of [...]The post Appellate Division, First Department Vacates Arbitration Award Because it Rewrote the Parties' Collective Bargaining Agreement appeared first on Loree Reinsurance and Arbitration Law Forum.