Supreme Court hears arbitration argument in antitrust dispute

Kaela Cote-Stemmermann

30 October 2018

Sending the question of arbitrability to an arbitrator when the demand for arbitration is wholly groundless seems “counterintuitive”, US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said on Monday during oral arguments over who should decide the arbitrability of an antitrust claim.

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Kaela Cote-Stemmermann

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