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IT’S THE SIMPLE THINGS: Avoiding Default in a National Grain and Feed Assoc. Arbitration
While waiting on an arbitration ruling from the National Grain and Feed Association (“NGFA”), I reviewed some of the NGFA's recent decisions. I was surprised to see how many cases were not decided on the merits, but rather, a party’s failure to simply comply with the NGFA’s rules. Take for example Field Farms Marketing v. Prairie Wide Grain, Inc. The NGFA issued judgment in favor of Field Farms and against [...]