In a 2-1 split decision, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a lower court’s decision that an arbitration agreement signed by an employee as part of his employment required that he arbitrate any fiduciary breach claims challenging the investment options and fees in his employer’s 401(k) plan.
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In the decision, McDonnel Group, LLC v. Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK Branch. No. 18-30817, 2019 WL 2082905, (5th Cir. May 13, 2019), the Fifth Circuit held that federal law...
By Brian R. GaudetSeveral months ago, Co-editors Giacomo Rojas Elgueta, James Hosking and Yasmine Lahlou, in collaboration with ICCA, released a number of national reports regarding the right to a physical hearing. The...
By Stacie StrongThis article first appeared on the Securities Arbitration Alert Blog, here. Houston area delivery drivers who generally did not cross state lines were not of the class of workers exempt...
By George Friedman