Company, Owner Waived Jurisdictional Challenges To $3.3M Award, 1st Circuit Told

Mealey's (March 17, 2022, 1:14 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — New Balance Athletics Inc. argues in a March 15 reply brief that the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals should reverse a district court’s ruling granting an Ecuadorian businessman and his Peruvian company’s petition to vacate an approximately $3.3 million arbitration award against them, saying their arguments challenging the arbitrator’s jurisdiction on appeal were waived during the arbitration....