Century Indemnity Co. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London

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• concluding that the presumption in favor of arbitrability “probably does not apply” to whether a valid agreement to arbitrate exists
• holding that “[f]or a court to compel arbitration, it initially must find that there is a valid agreement to arbitrate”
• finding that under Pennsylvania law, party was bound by an arbitration clause in an agreement between other parties that its contract incorporated by reference
• explaining that vacatur under Section 10(a)(3) is warranted “only” where the arbitrator’s failure to consider testimony at the hearing renders the hearing fundamentally unfair
• noting that, because the scope of the arbitration clause in question “is broad[,]...the presumption of arbitrability applies to it”
• finding that “service-of-suit clauses do not negate accompanying arbitration clauses; indeed, they may complement arbitration clauses by establishing a judicial forum in which a party may enforce arbitration”

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