Narayan v. Association of Apartment Owners of Kapalua Bay Condominium.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

McKENNA, J.

I. Introduction

This is the third opinion in a series of recent decisions addressing an arbitrator’s statutory disclosure requirements and vaca-tur on the basis of evident partiality based on Hawaii Revised Statutes (“HRS”) §§ 658A-12 and -23 (Supp. 2001); see Noel Madamba Contracting LLC v. Romero, 137 Hawai'i 1, 364 P.3d 518 (2015); Nordic PCL Const., Inc. v. LPIHGC, LLC, 136 Hawai'i 29, 358 P.3d 1 (2015). Nordic and Madamba established standards for evaluating claims of evident partiality. Here, we clarify the scope of relationships that require disclosure.

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