The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . Under Florida law, section 682.041, Florida Statutes (2015), requires that an arbitrator disclose any . . . consider likely to affect the person’s impartiality as an arbitrator in the arbitration proceeding[.]” § 682.041 . . .
. . . Under section 682.041, Florida Statutes, an arbitrator has an affirmative obligation to disclose to the . . . subsection (2), upon timely objection by a party, the court may vacate an award under s.682.13(l)(b). § 682.041 . . . Therefore, pursuant to section 682.041, it appears clear that the neutral arbitrator was required to . . . My concurrence with the majority decision also rests on the fact that the language of section 682.041 . . . may vacate an award” where an arbitrator fails to disclose a fact, as opposed to “shall vacate.” § 682.041 . . .