Laverne Jones v. Bernaldo Dancel

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• holding manifest disregard of the law only occurs if \a plaintiff has shown ... the disputed legal principle is clearly defined and is not subject to reasonable debate\
• finding arbitrator correctly determined that block billing was a “serious deficienc[y]” with a fee petition and properly reduced the fee accordingly
• “[T]he manifest disregard standard is not an invitation to review the merits of the underlying arbitration, or to establish that the arbitrator misconstrued or misinterpreted the applicable law.”
• \A court may vacate an arbitration award under the manifest disregard standard only when a plaintiff has shown that: (1) the disputed legal principle is clearly defined and is not subject to reasonable debate; and (2) the arbitrator refused to apply that legal principle.\
• \A court may vacate an arbitration award under the manifest disregard standard only when a plaintiff has shown that: (1) the disputed legal principle is clearly defined and is not subject to reasonable debate; and (2) the arbitrator refused to apply that legal principle.\

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