LARSEN v. MILLENIUM

The panel's reading and application of the subject note's provision barring setoffs, even if not specifically barring defenses, was neither in "manifest disregard of the law" ( Wien Malkin LLP v Helmsley-Spear, Inc., 6 NY3d 471, 480-481, cert dismissed — ___ US ___, 127 S Ct 34) nor "totally irrational" ( Matter of Local Div. 1179, Amalgamated Tr. Union, AFL-CIO [Green Bus Lines], 50 NY2d 1007, 1009). Nor did the arbitrators exceed their power (CPLR 7511 [b] [1] [hi]; Matter of New York City Tr. Auth. v Transport Workers' Union of Am., Local 100, AFL-CIO, 6 NY3d 332, 336; see Matter of National Cash Register Co. [Wilson], 8 NY2d 377, 383 [I960]).

We have considered the corporate defendants' remaining arguments and find them unavailing.