High Court Denies Review of 5th Circuit Preemption Ruling

NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review a federal appellate court's ruling that Louisiana state law does not reverse-preempt the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and thus does not bar London reinsurers from arbitrating a contract dispute. Safety National Casualty Corp. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, et al., No. 06-30262 (5th Cir.).

On Oct. 4, the high court denied certiorari of the 5th Circuit's U.S. Court's November 2009 ruling that the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards is not considered an "act of Congress" within the …