Federal Judge Confirms Award; Finds No Evident Partiality

NEW YORK - A New York federal judge has refused to vacate an arbitration award for evident partiality, ruling that no real conflict was created by a relationship between the arbitrator's law firm and the parent company of a potential witness. NCG Network Asia LLC v. PAC Pacific Group International Inc., No. 09-8684 (S.D. N.Y.).

In a Feb. 3 order, Judge Katherine B. Forrest of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York further ruled that the award was not procured by "undue means" because both parties were allowed to submit substantial briefing to the American Arbitration …