“Second Circuit Clarifies Standard for Attachment in Aid of Arbitration”

Much of the case law surrounding arbitration involves the appropriate allocation of responsibilities between courts and arbitrators. This recent JD Supra article by James Newland and Owen Wolfe at Seyfarth Shaw addresses the role played by the courts in entertaining a party’s request for an attachment in aid of an international arbitration. The opinion in Iraq Telecom Limited v. IBL Bank S.A.L.–the subject of the article–is available here.