Federal Arbitration Act

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The Federal Arbitration Act is a U.S. federal statute that establishes the enforceability of arbitration agreements and provides the legal framework for resolving disputes through arbitration rather than litigation.

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instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
arbitration law ⓘ
administeredInPracticeBy federal courts ⓘ
appliesTo contracts involving interstate commerce ⓘ
maritime transactions ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 9 of the United States Code ⓘ
containsKeyProvision Section 10 grounds for vacating arbitration awards ⓘ
Section 11 modification or correction of awards ⓘ
Section 2 validity, irrevocability, and enforceability of arbitration agreements ⓘ
Section 3 stay of proceedings where issue referable to arbitration ⓘ
Section 4 orders compelling arbitration ⓘ
Section 9 confirmation of arbitration awards ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnacted 1925-02-12 ⓘ
defines exemptions for certain employment contracts in Section 1 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1925-02-12 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
governs enforcement of arbitration agreements in federal courts ⓘ
hasAmendment Chapter 2 of Title 9 implementing the New York Convention ⓘ
Chapter 3 of Title 9 implementing the Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration ⓘ
influencedAreaOfLaw commercial arbitration ⓘ
consumer arbitration ⓘ
employment arbitration ⓘ
interpretedBroadlyBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
keySupremeCourtCase AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion ⓘ
American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant ⓘ
Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis ⓘ
Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp. ⓘ
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. ⓘ
Southland Corp. v. Keating ⓘ
legalEffect authorizes federal courts to compel arbitration when parties have agreed to arbitrate ⓘ
authorizes federal courts to stay litigation in favor of arbitration ⓘ
limits judicial review of arbitration awards to narrow statutory grounds ⓘ
makes written arbitration agreements generally enforceable in federal courts ⓘ
preempts state laws that single out arbitration agreements for disfavored treatment ⓘ
primaryPurpose to ensure the enforceability of arbitration agreements ⓘ
to place arbitration agreements on equal footing with other contracts ⓘ
to provide a federal framework for arbitration procedures and enforcement ⓘ
publicLawNumber Pub.L. 68–401 ⓘ
relatedTo New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards ⓘ
section Section 1 ⓘ
Section 10 ⓘ
Section 11 ⓘ
Section 2 ⓘ
Section 3 ⓘ
Section 4 ⓘ
Section 5 ⓘ
Section 9 ⓘ
shortName FAA ⓘ
signedBy Calvin Coolidge ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 43 Stat. 883 ⓘ
U.S.C.sectionRange 9 U.S.C. §§ 1–16 ⓘ

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