Election contributions not disclosed by an arbitrator don’t prove evident partiality, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled in an apparent case of first impression.
The allegations of bias against former Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Maureen Lally-Green, now an arbitrator based in Western Pennsylvania, gave the Third Circuit an opportunity to assert its standard for proving the partiality of arbitrators people making the claims of partiality must meet a high bar of proving bias that is evident, rather than just pointing to the appearance of partiality.
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