Rizalyn Bautista v. Star Cruises

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• holding that a district court’s retention of jurisdiction to enforce or confirm a resulting arbitral award does not destroy finality
• holding that fraud, mistake, duress, and waiver are valid defenses but state-law principles of unconscionability are not
• concluding that affirmative defense of unconscionability cannot be raised at arbitration-enforcement stage
• concluding that “[w]hile it is plausible that economic hardship might make a prospective [ ] seaman susceptible to a hard bargain during the hiring process, Plaintiffs have not explained how this makes for a defense under the Convention.”
• concluding that “[w]hile it is plausible that economic hardship might make a prospective [ ] seaman susceptible to a hard bargain during the hiring process, Plaintiffs have not explained how this makes for a defense under the Convention”
• holding that employment contracts are commercial legal relationships under the Convention

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