Analysis

9th Circ. Widens Arbitration Split, But Will High Court Step In?

By Caroline Simson ( August 20, 2026, 3:32 PM EDT) -- The Ninth Circuit issued a decision last week foreclosing the use of the legal concept that a dispute over the enforcement of an international arbitral award might be better heard elsewhere, contributing to a circuit split that could result in the U.S. Supreme Court finally addressing an issue it has previously eschewed....

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