Panel Says Plaintiff’s Suit Does Not Relate To Arbitration Award; Remand Warranted

(October 1, 2019, 9:01 AM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — A district court erred in granting a motion to dismiss filed by defendants and in denying a plaintiff’s motion to remand in a dispute over a medical services software agreement because the suit does not relate to an international arbitration award and, therefore, was not properly removed to federal court, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeal said Sept. 23 in reversing and remanding the ruling (Cerner Middle East Limited v. Belbadi Enterprises LLC, et al., No. 17-35157, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 28630)....