Arbitrators can’t be disqualified from a case for disclosing information about themselves that wasn’t required to be revealed in the first place, a California appeal court ruled Wednesday.
The first-impression decision by San Diego’s 4th District Court of Appeal could have wide impact because it recognizes that arbitrators, and possibly judges, have personal lives just like anyone else and might have occasional outside interactions with people appearing before them.
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