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United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, 9 April 2020 

(Productos Roche S.A. v. Iutum Services Corp. et al. and Gerardo Jose Guarino v. Productos Roche S.A.)

09 - 04 - 2020

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

The Court confirmed a Venezuelan award against both respondents, finding that, under the applicable Venezuelan law, the second respondent was a party to the arbitration agreement. Also, the second respondent had been given proper notice of the arbitration. This decision was affirmed on appeal on 15 December 2020,

See also United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 15 December 2020

(Productos Roche S.A. v. Iutum Services Corp. et al. and Gerardo Jose Guarino v. Productos Roche S.A.)

Related topics
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Invalidity of the arbitration agreement: The court discusses other cases of invalidity of the arbitration agreement, including that there was no agreement at all or that the party was not a signatory thereto, that the incorrect arbitral institution was chosen, etc.

Miscellaneous cases regarding the arbitration agreement
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Due process: The court discusses what constitutes “proper notice” of the appointment of the arbitrators or of the arbitration proceedings.

"Proper notice"
704(A) Panama Convention of 1975
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