Legal Opinion
Dixon Law v. Powell
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 2, 2026No. Civil Action No. 2026-1101Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DIXON LAW, et al., Petitioners, v. Civil Action No. 26-1101 (JEB) ERIC POWELL, et al., Respondents. MEMORANDUM OPINION Should an arbitrator’s failure to disclose to the parties the fact that she was a co-signatory on an amicus brief with one of the parties’ experts result in vacatur of the award? How about if the amicus engagement occurred after she had made her merits ruling and she had early on explained her professional relationship with the expert? Petitioners Dixon Law and Eric Dixon (jointly “Dixon”) think so and thus seek to…
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