November 16, 2021
A mariners union has urged a federal judge to reject a shipper's bid to toss a lawsuit over an arbitrator's appointment in a labor dispute, saying the company's arguments are outside the scope of the D.C. Circuit's earlier remand.
May 25, 2021
The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday vacated a district court decision making a maritime union arbitrate a labor dispute with shipper Liberty Maritime Corp., saying the court, and not the arbitrator, should have decided whether the arbitrator was validly appointed under their collective bargaining agreement.