3rd Circuit Affirms Refusal To Confirm $1M CIETAC Award Against Nonsignatory

( August 9, 2024, 11:33 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 8 affirmed the denial of a Chinese company’s petition to confirm a China International Economic and Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) arbitral award worth nearly $1 million against a Pennsylvania company for a dispute over a flooring contract, writing that the lower court correctly refused enforcement against a nonsignatory to the underlying contract....