Ahmed v. Oak Management Corp.

Summary

The court affirmed confirmation of a roughly $57 million arbitration award against an employee who had fled the United States and repeatedly sought to delay or avoid the arbitration. It held that the arbitrator did not exceed his authority by applying the fugitive disentitlement doctrine, that the employee failed to establish actionable misconduct, prejudice, or violation of a clearly established public policy, and that the federal vacatur grounds did not produce a different result. The court also declined to remand for modification of the award because the alleged multiple-recovery problem was a legal issue rather than a mathematical miscalculation.