Screen arbitrator disclosures against the parties and counsel
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Set each disclosure beside the list of parties, counsel, and witnesses in the file, and list any name that appears in both, with the sentence of the disclosure. Do not recommend a challenge.
- What the lawyer must review
- 9 U.S.C. § 10(a)(2) allows the district court for the district where the award was made to vacate an award where there was evident partiality or corruption in the arbitrators, or either of them. That is a ground for vacating an award, not a mid-arbitration form. The other vacatur grounds in § 10(a) are corruption, fraud, or undue means in procuring the award; misconduct in refusing to postpone the hearing or to hear pertinent evidence, or other misbehavior that prejudiced a party; and exceeding powers, or so imperfectly executing them that a mutual, final, and definite award was not made. Formal Opinion 512: the lawyer checks the name match before anyone acts on it. No institutional disclosure rule was opened.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUSAU
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Consider narrowly defined preparation support after confirming the tool’s capability and permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.