A Seat at the Sitting - March 2022

Each month, a panel of constitutional experts convenes to discuss the Court’s upcoming docket sitting by sitting. Issues presented in the March 2022 sitting included arbitration and the Federal Arbitration Act, international law, states rights, civil procedure, and more.Morgan v. Sundance, Inc. (March 21) – arbitration and contract law Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of NAACP (March 21) – states rights, intervention, and civil procedure Golan v. Saada (March 22) – international law; the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd. consolidated for argument with Alixpartners, LLP v. Fund for Protection of Investors’ Rights (March 23) – rules of evidence before international arbitral tribunals; what constitutes a “foreign or international tribunal” under 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a)Ledure v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. (March 28) – The Locomotive Inspection Act Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon (March 28) – the definition of “transportation workers” under the Federal Arbitration Act Torres v. Texas Dept. of Public Safety (March 29) – state sovereign immunity, the constitutional war power, and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana (March 30) – enforcement of bilateral agreements under the Federal Arbitration ActFeaturing: Theane Evangelis, Partner, Gibson DunnJonathan Urick, Association Chief Counsel, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Litigation CenterJohn Elwood, Partner, Arnold PorterEvan Caminker, Dean Emeritus and Branch Rickey Collegiate Professor of Law at Michigan Law Moderator: Jess Bravin, Supreme Court Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal ---This conference has already happened. Watch the archived video above or at www.youtube.com/c/TheFederalis...