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Timothy G Nelson

Timothy G Nelson

August 03, 2009 | National Law Journal

'Inexcusable' gamesmanship sinks arbitration pact

In April, in a bizarre sequel to a case already noteworthy for its analysis of mainland Chinese arbitral law, a New York federal court vacated its own order compelling arbitration in China of a dispute between a Chinese juice business and its U.S. distributor. It did so after learning that the Chinese company had, by "unilateral and stealth action," sought to nullify the arbitration clause in its own courts in China.

By Lea Haber Kuck, Paul Mitchard and Timothy G. Nelson

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