Consumer Arbitration Agreements: 11.2.5.2 Arbitration Agreements That Increase the Scope of Judicial Review
The United States Supreme Court has stated in Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc. that the FAA prohibits parties from contracting for a heightened level of judicial review of the merits of an arbitration award.103 Thus an agreement cannot allow judicial review of errors of law, as to whether the award was supported by evidence, or de novo judicial review.