Carlton Fields (JD Supra Panama)
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Eleventh Circuit Clarifies Standard for New York Convention’s Public Policy Defense to Foreign Arbitration Awards
The dispute involved an arbitration related to alleged medical malpractice by doctors selected by Carnival Cruise Lines to treat a wrist injury of a Serbian employee of Carnival. The employee’s employment agreement with Carnival contained mandatory arbitration and forum selection clauses and a choice-of-law clause designating the governing law as the law of Panama, the law of the flag of the...
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