Justinas Jarusevicius, Author at Kluwer Arbitration Blog

Consumer contracts, European Union, United States

Consumer Arbitration – Will The Two Different Worlds Across The Ocean Converge?

Justinas Jarusevicius (Motieka & Audzevicius)/February 25, 2016February 16, 2016 /Leave a comment

The United States (“US”) and European Union (“EU”) demonstrate major differences in relation to consumer arbitration. In December 2015, the US Supreme Court rendered a judgment in Direct, Inc. v. Imburgia et al., an important precedent for consumer arbitration, which may make the law of these two jurisdictions diverge even further. This blog post discusses…

Arbitration, Lithuania, Public Policy

Lithuania Has Restrained the Unruly Horse of Public Policy

Justinas Jarusevicius (Motieka & Audzevicius)/November 12, 2015November 12, 2015 /Leave a comment

Public policy remains one of the most popular grounds used by the parties to oppose the recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award. Its vague content also makes its application in court greatly challenging – academics still refer to public policy as the “unruly horse”. This creates a significant responsibility for the courts to find…