Court Confirms Nearly $2M Attorney Fee Award Against French Liquor Company

Mealey's (January 19, 2021, 1:44 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on Jan. 13 denied a French liquor company’s attempt to vacate an award of almost $2 million in attorney fees it was ordered to pay a Delaware-based distributor, writing that the arbitrator adhered to the parties’ agreement and that the award’s alleged contradictions with the outcome of an earlier arbitration between the same parties did not justify vacating the award....