Judge Confirms $633K Award To Dutch Shipper, Rejects Bias Claim Against Arbitrator

(September 21, 2023, 1:56 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A New York federal judge granted a Dutch shipbroker’s motion to confirm an arbitration award in its favor worth more than $633,000 for violation of a maritime contract and denied a Maine company’s cross-motion to vacate and motion to disqualify the shipbroker’s lawyer, rejecting its arguments that the attorney’s ex parte communications were improper....