Equicare Health Inc v Varian Medical Systems Inc - United States District Court, Northern District of California, San Jose Division Case No 5-21-mc-80183 - Order Granting Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award - 19 April 2023
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2023
Summary
Following a final decision in the parties' arbitration, Petitioner Equicare Health Inc. ("Equicare") has petitioned this Court to vacate the arbitration award based on evident partiality in the arbitrators. The basis for this petition is an undisclosed former attorney-client relationship between one of the arbitrators and counsel for Respondent Varian Medical Systems, Inc. ("Varian"), in which Varian's counsel had previously defended the arbitrator in an attorney malpractice suit five years before the arbitral panel was selected.
Having reviewed the parties' submissions and their oral arguments, the Court GRANTS Equicare's Petition to Vacate the Arbitration Award.