How have courts treated conflicts of interest in arbitrators in arbitration?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Sandquist v. Lebo Auto., Inc., 1 Cal.5th 233, 205 Cal.Rptr.3d 359, 376 P.3d 506 (Cal. 2016):

⁸ In contrast to these blanket, generalized imputations of a potential conflict to all arbitrators, the rules governing arbitration do provide full protection against specific conflicts of interest where they exist. (Code Civ. Proc., 1281.85 1281.95 ; see Haworth v. Superior Court (2010) 50 Cal.4th 372, 381, 112 Cal.Rptr.3d 853, 235 P.3d 152.)
⁸ In contrast to these blanket, generalized imputations of a potential conflict to all arbitrators, the rules governing arbitration do provide full protection against specific conflicts of interest where they exist. (Code Civ. Proc., 1281.85 1281.95 ; see Haworth v. Superior Court (2010) 50 Cal.4th 372, 381, 112 Cal.Rptr.3d 853, 235 P.3d 152.)

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