July 20 Status Conference Set on Amazon Seller’s Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award

U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter for Southern New York in Manhattan scheduled a telephonic status conference July 20 at 3 p.m. EDT on the petition by former Amazon third-party seller Cowin Technology to vacate an arbitration award in Amazon’s favor, said Carter’s signed order Tuesday (docket 1:23-cv-03054). Cowin is seeking to remand the petition to New York Supreme Court where it originated before Amazon removed it to federal court (see 2305100001). Cowin seeks to recover $1.09 million in sales proceeds that Amazon seized -- and an arbitrator let Amazon keep -- when it accused the seller of violating its business solutions agreement by manipulating product reviews.