Sentences with phrase «arbitration rules meant»

It's a little odd because the Directors Guild actually has arbitration rules meant to settle these kinds of disputes, so I'm not sure how far this goes in an actual court, but the suit was enough to get TIFF to pull London Fields from the lineup, mercifully sparing unsuspecting audiences from this garbage movie.

Not exact matches

Judge Edward Chen's class - action ruling would mean that the lawsuit would apply to all California Uber drivers, except those who waived their right to class - action arbitration.

In a statement, Uber said it will appeal, but that the arbitration portion of Chen's ruling means a «tiny fraction» of a potential 160,000 California drivers are eligible to be class members.

The rule, which will go into effect for new accounts in about eight months, will not prohibit individual forced arbitration — meaning individual consumers (as opposed to groups of consumers) could still be be blocked from going to court against financial firms.

The exclusive means of resolving any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use (including any alleged breach thereof), the Service, or the Website shall be BINDING ARBITRATION administered by the American Arbitration Association under the Consumer Arbitration Rules.

Even when it is clear which ethical rules apply, differing cultural and legal backgrounds may mean that lawyers involved in the same arbitration may act differently based on conflicting ideas about what is professional and ethical conduct.

Streford issued proceedings before the High Court asserting that the disciplinary process, constituted by means of arbitration provided for by the rules, was in breach of the Convention, Art 6.

Were the DRC to ratify UNICTRAL's rules the country would be required to enforce any international arbitration rulings against state entities — which means they may look for exceptions in the face of such decisions, should the bodies be so minded.

If the parties are unable to resolve a Dispute by informal means, the arbitration of Disputes will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA), in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules, and if deemed appropriate by the arbitrator, the Supplementary Procedures for Consumer - Related Disputes.

The court's ruling on the proper interpretation not only resolves the issue for those parties, but means the law can be correctly applied in other arbitration cases.

It prescribed the means of service of those documents which had to be so served whilst the Court was free to use its own Rules to authorise service of documents on the KRG in any way it chose, whether in Iraq or elsewhere, including in particular the means which were to be adopted and which were ordered in the ex parte order, namely service on the lawyers in London acting for the KRG in the arbitration under the terms of RDC 9.31 and / or 43.11 and / or 43.69.

The Federal Arbitration Act (the Act) makes arbitration agreements «valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract,» 9 U.S.C. ¶ 2, establishes an equal - treatment principle: A court may invalidate an arbitration agreement based on «generally applicable contract defenses,» but not on legal rules that «apply only to arbitration or that derive their meaning from the fact that an agreement to arbitrate is at issue,» AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 333, 339.

On March 5, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal appeals court in Washington should not have vacated the award, holding that nothing in the treaty overcame the normal assumption in US law that arbitrators rather than courts should decide disputes over the meaning of procedural conditions to arbitration.

In fact, lawyers with either a commercial arbitration or a public international law background — the two approaches that most actively shape international investment law and arbitration at present — stress such a limited function of arbitration, while having divergent views on what the rule of law may mean in this context.

Those coming from commercial arbitration tend to stress the private nature of dispute settlement; for them the rule of law means faithfulness to party consent, party autonomy, and sanctity of contracts.

This means that intra-EU investment arbitration can survive only to the extent that (i) arbitrators are willing to disregard the implications of EU law incompatibility on their jurisdiction, (ii) arbitration is seated and awards enforced outside the EU, and (iii) national courts in non-EU jurisdictions are willing to defy the CJEU's ruling.

(1) The Centre and parties to an arbitration under these Rules may deliver any written communications required or permitted under these Rules personally, by mail, by facsimile, by email or by other means of telecommunication which provide a record of delivery.

National arbitration statutes generally contain only limited provisions on disclosure and recognise parties» autonomy to determine procedural issues, while institutional rules usually give tribunals a wide discretion in relation to disclosure, ranging from ordering parties to produce any documents they consider relevant (Art 22 (1)(e), LCIA Rules), to granting them a general mandate to establish facts through appropriate means (Art 25, ICC Rurules usually give tribunals a wide discretion in relation to disclosure, ranging from ordering parties to produce any documents they consider relevant (Art 22 (1)(e), LCIA Rules), to granting them a general mandate to establish facts through appropriate means (Art 25, ICC RuRules), to granting them a general mandate to establish facts through appropriate means (Art 25, ICC RulesRules).