An Analysis of United States Life Ins. Co. v. Superior Life Ins. Co.

[Editor's note: Roland Goss is a partner with Jorden Burt, LLP, resident in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. He is the chair of the firm's reinsurance practice and blogmaster for its reinsurance and arbitration blog, www.ReinsuranceFocus.com. For further information please contact Roland Goss ([email protected] or (202) 965-8148). This article does not constitute legal or other professional advice or service by Jorden Burt LLP and/or its attorneys.]

The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals recently approved an unusual process in which an arbitration panel hired its own experts, met with them privately, and then allowed the parties to examine the experts. …