Motion Looms to Remand Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award in Amazon’s Favor
Third-party Amazon seller Shenzhen Zongheng Domain Network plans to file a motion by May 12 to remand to New York state court its petition to vacate a $507,619 arbitration award in Amazon’s favor (see 2304210001), Davis Wright, counsel for Amazon,…
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wrote U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon for Southern New York in Manhattan in a letter Friday (docket 1:23-cv-03334). Amazon declines to disburse the $507,619 in sales proceeds to Shenzhen Zongheng after “uncovering” that the seller was “manipulating customer product reviews to artificially and deceptively inflate the perceived value of the goods it was selling in the Amazon store.” The parties ask that the motion to vacate the arbitration award, and Amazon’s anticipated cross-motion to confirm the award, be held in abeyance while the jurisdiction of the Southern District of New York is briefed, said the letter. If the court denies the motion to remand and the proceedings remain under Rochon, the parties then will propose a briefing schedule for that motion and the anticipated cross-motion, it said. If the court alternatively prefers for the underlying application to vacate the arbitration award to proceed, the parties ask the court to set a date for Amazon to file its opposition and anticipated cross-motion to confirm, it said.