Maintaining the Confidentiality of Arbitration Awards When Petitioning for Relief in Court – ARIAS U.S. Quarterly

Partner Amy Kallal and Special Counsel Andrea Fort discuss recent cases involving the efforts to obtain access to arbitration awards which are filed as part of petitions to confirm or vacate. Some courts have allowed third-party access to awards just because the parties filed the award in court, which is not what the parties understood would happen when they entered into a private arbitration.