2022 School Law and Finance Seminar

Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Inc. has filed new petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission seeking the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on imports into United States of certain fatty acids from Indonesia and Malaysia.

A recent Colorado federal court decision highlights both the enforceability and limits of arbitration agreements and why the fine print matters when determining who can enforce arbitration. Crostarosa v. LAZ Parking Ltd. (USDC Colo. Jan. 23, 2026) produced a split result that underscores a critical principle—that arbitration is fundamentally a matter of consent and contract, and that consent doesn’t automatically extend to parties you never agreed to deal with. While Crostarosa centers on a silly unpaid parking ticket, the case offers important lessons about arbitration agreements, contract law and illuminates how courts must balance the strong federal policy favoring arbitration against basic Colorado contract law.