In an unusual procedural context, Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts sent another strong reminder to Massachusetts employers of the perils involved in drafting arbitration agreements. In essence, this decision is a reminder to employers that every word matters when preparing arbitration agreements, especially those that seek to avoid public judicial class or collective action litigation proceedings…
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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week in two of four cases involving arbitration it will review within a fortnight. We reported in December that the Supreme Court had...
By George FriedmanThis article first appeared on Globar Arbitration News, Baker McKenzie, here. Brown v. TGS Management Co., 57 Cal. App. 5th 303 (2020) [click for opinion] TGS Management Co., Ltd. (“TGS”)...
By Jacob Kaplan, Michael HidalgoThis article first appeared on Securities Arbitration Alert (SAA), here. The arbitration underlying a suit challenging a FINRA Panel’s authority to hold a virtual hearing over a broker’s objection has been...
By George Friedman
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