[LIVE] A Seat at the Sitting: The March Docket in 90 Minutes or Less

Each month, a panel of constitutional experts convenes to discuss the Court’s upcoming docket sitting by sitting. Issues presented in the next sitting include arbitration and the Federal Arbitration Act, international law, states rights, civil procedure, and more.

• Morgan v. Sundance, Inc. (March 21) – arbitration and contract law

• Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of NAACP (March 21) – states rights, intervention, and civil procedure

• Golan v. Saada (March 22) – international law; the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

• ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd. consolidated for argument with Alixpartners, LLP v. Fund for Protection of Investors’ Rights (March 23) – rules of evidence before international arbitral tribunals; what constitutes a “foreign or international tribunal” under 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a)

• Ledure v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. (March 28) – The Locomotive Inspection Act

• Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon (March 28) – the definition of “transportation workers” under the Federal Arbitration Act

• Torres v. Texas Dept. of Public Safety (March 29) – state sovereign immunity, the constitutional war power, and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994

• Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana (March 30) – enforcement of bilateral agreements under the Federal Arbitration Act

Featuring:

• Theane Evangelis, Partner, Gibson Dunn
• Jonathan Urick, Association Chief Counsel, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Litigation Center
• John Elwood, Partner, Arnold Porter
• Evan Caminker, Dean Emeritus and Branch Rickey Collegiate Professor of Law at Michigan Law
• Moderator: Jess Bravin, Supreme Court Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal

Register at https://fedsoc.org/events/a-seat-at-the-sitting-march-2022

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.