The plaintiff, a terminated employee, had signed a two year employment agreement and a separate arbitration agreement with a home décor company. The plaintiff was terminated after six months and sued the defendant in...more
In a recent interlocutory appeal of a matter involving an arbitration of a claim for $80 million, but in which only $10,000 was awarded, the Fifth Circuit held that the amount in controversy for purposes of establishing...more
After a de novo review of the District Court’s ruling denying a bank’s motion to compel arbitration, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed and remanded a district’s court order. The plaintiff...more
On August 15, 2014, we reported on a Tennessee district court finding unenforceable an arbitration clause in a Reinsurance Participation Agreement (RPA) between an insured and a reinsurer. The insured had filed a lawsuit...more
A federal district court refused to reconsider its order staying Allstate’s action to compel arbitration against its insured, A.O. Smith. The case involved a Settlement/Coverage-in Place Agreement between A.O. Smith and...more