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The court noted that outside the arbitration context, courts routinely enforce appellate waivers in plea agreements, "where the stakes, namely years of lost liberty, are far higher than the monetary award at issue here." Based on the agreement's severability clause, the court found that the appeal waiver was still valid because it did not concern "the essence of the contract." December 16, 2021 Dr. Rami Abumasmah executed an employment agreement with Beckley Oncology Associates (BOA). [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on the case Corporación Mexicana de Mantenimiento Integral, S. de R.L. de C.V., Petitioner against- Pemex-Exploración y Productión. It explains that this decision opened the door for the enforcement of annulled foreign arbitration awards in the U.S.