Judge Vacates Award Against Moroccan Entity After UAE Company Fails To Appear

Mealey's (March 18, 2021, 1:27 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on March 15 granted a Moroccan entity’s petition to vacate a Society of Maritime Arbitrators Inc. (SMA) award in favor of an Emirati company that did not respond to the petition because the parties’ contract did not call for arbitration before the SMA and the panel’s award did not address any of the petitioner’s objections to jurisdiction and arbitrability....