This Practice Note examines court sanctions in arbitration-related litigation, including the key provisions of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) addressing the enforcement of arbitration agreements and awards, potential sources of a court's authority to issue sanctions in arbitration-related litigation, and recent decisions and relevant circumstances where a court imposed sanctions. For information on how financial, trade, and other types of international or national sanction regimes can have an impact on arbitration and its participants, see Practice Note, Impact of Sanctions on Arbitration.