Arbitration
Whether the FAA preempts the Tennessee Uniform Arbitration Act
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether, under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), abused her discretion in applying the Tennessee Uniform Arbitration Act (“the Act”) when the FAA was expressly mandated by petitioner’s Employment Agreement as drafted by counsel for providing for a clear and established legal right to be enforced in petitioner’s filed application for the purpose of seeking vacatur of his arbitration award under the FAA as opposed to the Act. it PARTIES Peter R. Culpepper Appellant Petitioner The Honorable Ellen Hobbs Lyle, Chancellor Davidson County Chancery Court, Part ITI, Nashville, Tennessee Respondent Chancellor Provectus Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Appellee Respondent Martha L. Boyd, Esq., Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. Counsel for Appellee Respondent Samuel Lanier Felker, Esq., Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. Counsel for Appellee — Respondent |