Food Distributor Seeks To Vacate Award In Favor Of Its Litigation Funder

(June 14, 2023, 11:10 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A food distributor moved in New York federal court to vacate a London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) award in favor of its Guernsey-based third-party litigation funder preliminarily enjoining the distributor from accepting a settlement to resolve separate antitrust litigation against food suppliers, arguing that the tribunal violated public policy by forcing it “to litigate federal claims against its will.”...