Law360: The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on 7 April 2020 that the American Arbitration Association (AAA) is not responsible for US$12m in legal costs after arbitrators' ethics violations voided the outcome of an arbitration proceeding in a more than US$100m dispute over liability for sinkhole damages.
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