US 1009 3 September 2020

United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 3 September 2020, 18-CV-8408 (VEC) (BCM)

(SSI (Beijing) Company Ltd. v. Prosper Business Development Corporation)

03 - 09 - 2020

US 1009 3 September 2020

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, S. W. Schill (ed.), Vol. XLVI (2021)
Jurisdiction United States
Summary

The Court accepted the recommentation of the Magistrate Judge, issued on 30 July 2020, on the same grounds.

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The court discusses how to interpret the Convention’s requirement that the agreement is not null and void etc., as well as specific cases of invalidity: e.g., lack of consent (misrepresentation, duress, or fraud), vague wording of the arbitral clause; other terms of the contract contradict the intention to arbitrate, etc.

"Null and void", etc.
US 1009 3 September 2020