Bortman v. Lucander

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Alice Schlesinger, J.), entered June 4, 2014, which granted the petition to confirm a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration award, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

An arbitral award can only be challenged under the criteria set forth in CPLR 7511 (see Ingham v Thompson, 113 AD3d 534 [1st Dept 2014], lv denied 22 NY3d 866 [2014]). Respondent’s procedural arguments that there was an agreement to arbitrate in New York and that the panel should have adjourned the hearing are not recognized grounds to bar confirmation (id.; CPLR 7510).…