August 19, 2026
An asset management firm required to pay about $11 million in administrative fees and interest has asked the Third Circuit to reconsider its opinion upholding a doctrine under which arbitrators are barred from revisiting their prior decisions, saying it conflicts with binding Third Circuit precedent.
August 05, 2026
The Third Circuit has upheld a doctrine under which arbitrators are barred from revisiting their prior decisions, in a dispute over the distribution of certain fees that resulted in a revised award expanding an asset manager's liability from $300,000 to nearly $7 million.
April 03, 2026
The Third Circuit in April is set to examine the limits of an arbitrator's authority to change awards once they've been made, potentially defining the restraints of commercial arbitration rules and when rulings can be revisited.