Law360: Is your unfavorable arbitration award confidential? Probably, but only if you don't contest it.

The restriction on insider trading What is insider trading? Insider trading is usually associated with illegal conduct. However, the term actually includes both legal and illegal conduct. The legal version is when corporate insiders of a public company, eg officers, directors, and employees, buy and sell stock in their own companies. When corporate insiders of a US publicly traded company trade in their own securities, they should report their trades to the SEC. More information about this reporting obligation can be found in Forms 3, 5 and 5 in the Fast Answers databank of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Illegal insider trading is the buying or selling of a security, in breach of a fiduciary duty or other relationship of trust and confidence, while in possession of material, nonpublic information about the security (MNPI). Other violations of insider trading violations include 'tipping' such information, securities trading by the person 'tipped', and securities trading by those who misappropriate such information. Because insider trading undermines investor confidence in the fairness and integrity of the securities markets, the SEC has long treated

Law360: A Ukrainian bank and Russia agreed on 18 September 2024 to pause litigation that seeks to enforce a US$1.1bn arbitral award against the Russian government amid efforts to annul the award in France, reaching the deal after a federal judge in Washington expressed concerns about the 'thorny political issues' inherent in the case.

Law360, London: An insurance adjuster failed 21 April 2025 to get the US Supreme Court to define what 'arbitration' actually means under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), seeking immunity after a Colorado state jury found he fraudulently inflated a US$1.6m appraisal award against a Travelers unit that was ultimately vacated.

Law360: The dispute between the New York Knicks and Toronto Raptors over an employee jumping from one franchise to another belongs in arbitration before the NBA commissioner, a Manhattan federal judge ruled on Friday, calling the Knicks' efforts to keep it in court instead ‘an airball’.

Law360: Live Nation moved to arbitrate a proposed consumer antitrust class action alleging it monopolises concert promotions and secondary ticketing services for major venues, arguing in a New York federal court 15 November 2024 that the customers agreed to arbitrate any dispute each time they logged in to their accounts or accepted secondary ticket transfers.

Law360: The D.C. Circuit on 14 May 2024 refused to overturn a ruling enforcing a US$330m arbitral award against Romania based on a pair of decisions issued by Europe's highest court, saying a federal district judge was obligated under US law to enforce the award.

Law360, London: A New York federal judge ordered a group of plaintiffs accusing online bargain app Temu of privacy violations to arbitrate their claims, saying an arbitration agreement in the company's terms is not unconscionable and that an arbitrator must determine the pact's scope.

Law360: The DC Circuit effectively kicked the can down the road in August 2024 when it set aside Spain's jurisdictional objections in litigation to enforce some US$395m in arbitral awards while declining to issue a merits decision, setting up an enforcement battle that could turn on the underlying arbitration regime.

Law360, London: Nigeria has urged the US Supreme Court to determine whether the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards mandates judicial enforcement of arbitration awards against sovereign nations for cases that arise solely from their roles as sovereigns.

Law360: The Federal Republic of Nigeria intends to ask the US Supreme Court to review a DC Circuit decision setting aside it’s sovereign immunity defence to enforce a US$65m arbitral award against it, arguing that the appellate opinion extends a circuit split on treaty interpretation.

Law360: The Ninth Circuit unanimously held on 9 January 2024 that a Spanish museum is not obligated to return a painting that was stolen from a Jewish family by the Nazis, a finding that one member of the panel admitted went against her 'moral compass'.