Opinion ID: 1435659
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Heading: The Confirmation of the Award

Text: Telenor petitioned the district court for a confirmation of the final arbitral award. Storm cross-moved for vacatur. With a lengthy opinion that appears to reflect decreasing patience with Storm's tactics, Telenor Mobile Commc'ns AS v. Storm LLC, 524 F.Supp.2d 332 (S.D.N.Y.2007), the court granted Telenor's application and denied Storm's. The court rejected Storm's contentions that the panel had manifestly disregarded the law by failing to give determinative effect to the Ukrainian judgments that the 2004 Agreement was never executed by Storm and thus not arbitrable. After conducting its own independent assessment of arbitrability, the district court concluded that Storm had proffered insufficient evidence to warrant a trial on the issue. The court wrote: Storm provided every conceivable assurance to Telenor that its signatory officers were empowered to bind it to [the 2004 Agreement]. When Storm breached the agreement, it was provided with precisely the fair and impartial hearing it had bargained for ... despite making repeated efforts to renege on its agreement and to torpedo the proceeding by collusive and vexatious litigation. Id. at 369. Storm appeals.