The instances of court review of arbitration decisions is increasing notwithstanding that courts are extremely deferential to the awards. Michael LeRoy and Peter Feuille present an in-depth survey of the judicial criteria for vacatur, and include a listing of cases, a statistical analysis of those cases, and a state-by-state description of the laws of those …

A history of judicial review of workplace arbitration, and a statistical survey of the rate of confirmation/vacatur of labor and employment arbitration awards. After an extensive analysis of the survey results and the causes of vacatur, the authors conclude that most critics of judicial review of labor arbitration awards fail to give federal courts due …