Plaintiffs filed a putative class action against Norwegian Cruise Lines claiming that Norwegian failed to disclose profits it earned when the plaintiffs elected to purchase travel insurance during the cruise booking process. Each plaintiff acknowledged ...
A court granted an unopposed motion to confirm an arbitration award in favor of the Drywall Tapers and Pointers of Greater New York Local Union 1974. The award stemmed from CCC Custom Carpentry’s apparent failure to remit contributions required under a ...
Peter Wirs has filed a series of actions against the Republican National Committee since at least 2009. Not finding success in the courts, he apparently decided to arbitrate his claims against the RNC, with “Wirs himself serv[ing] as the arbitrator.” When ...
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the denial of a motion to arbitrate where the appellants were not parties to the agreements containing arbitration clauses. The court also concluded that equitable estoppel did not apply to stop the ...
The petitioner unsuccessfully sought to vacate an arbitration award permitting Uber's use of a "surge" pricing algorithm to set fares, arguing that comments made by the arbitrator reflected his "evident partiality" toward Uber in violation of 9 U.S.C. § ...
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals recently rejected a claimant's effort to vacate the dismissal of his FINRA claim following his repeated failure to comply with various deadlines.
Zane Piston initiated a FINRA arbitration against his former employer ...
The question before the Southern District of New York was whether, under English law, certain facultative reinsurance policies obligated a reinsurer to indemnify its cedent for a $20 million settlement. The finding was notwithstanding the three-year stated ...
Standard Security Life Insurance Company of New York and Madison National Life Insurance Co. entered into an administrative services agreement with FCE Benefit Administrators Inc. under which FCE administered insurance policies underwritten by the ...
In this action, Caradigm USA, a computer software company, brought a breach of contract action against health care provider PruittHealth Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, alleging that Pruitt breached a contract with ...
The New Jersey Supreme Court issued a combined opinion in two cases arising from arbitration agreements in employment contracts. The plaintiffs in the respective cases claimed they fell within section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), also known as the ...
In a case involving an arbitration agreement between foreign nationals and U.S. citizens, which is governed by the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and its implementing legislation, chapter II of the FAA, the U.S ...
The case was brought by Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle David Lane Johnson against the NFL Players Association, the NFL, and the NFL Management Council related to a 10-game suspension for using performance-enhancing substances. The collective ...
Precision Castparts Corp. purchased companies with manufacturing facilities in the United States and Germany for €800 million. After the sale closed, Precision discovered that the seller had "manipulated financial documents of the acquired companies to ...
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