Federal Arbitration Act Motion To Vacate In Collin
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Settlement and Discontinuance (Arbitration Rule 55) At any time before the Award is rendered, parties may jointly request that the Tribunal discontinue the proceeding if they settle the dispute or for any other reason.
Interestingly, however, the time limits within which such motions may be filed, differ under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). Motions to confirm must be filed within a year after the award is made, whereas motions to vacate, must be filed within three months. See 9 U.S.C. Sections 9 and 12.
In California, an arbitration award will stand unless the party challenging the decision can show (1) "the award was procured by corruption, fraud, or other undue means"; (2) "the rights of the party were substantially prejudiced by the misconduct of a neutral arbitrator"; or (3) an arbitrator failed to make a timely ...
The short answer is yes. No set of institutional rules prevents a party from abandoning claims it has raised in an arbitration. But there could be important implications to think through, depending on when the withdrawal occurs, and what else has occurred in the proceedings.
(1) where the award was procured by corruption, fraud, or undue means; (2) where there was evident partiality or corruption in the arbitrators, or either of them; (3) where the arbitrators were guilty of misconduct in refusing to postpone the hearing, upon sufficient cause shown, or in refusing to hear evidence ...
In ICSID proceedings, a request for arbitration can be unilaterally withdrawn only before its registration. Once registered, the request for arbitration can no longer be withdrawn and a claimant seeking to withdraw from the proceedings will need to seek the “discontinuance” of the proceedings.
(1) The arbitral proceedings shall be terminated by the final arbitral award or by an order of the arbitral tribunal under sub-section (2). (c) the arbitral tribunal finds that the continuation of the proceedings has for any other reason become unnecessary or impossible.
Motions to Dismiss. (1) Motions to dismiss a claim prior to the conclusion of a party's case in chief are discouraged in arbitration. (2) Motions under this rule must be made in writing, and must be filed separately from the answer, and only after the answer is filed.