As a condition of employment, Ernst & Young’s employees were required to sign agreements that contained a “concerted action” waiver requiring employees to pursue legal claims against E&Y exclusively through arbitration, and...more
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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently confirmed an arbitration award in an underlying employment dispute, finding that the appellant failed to demonstrate that the award was the product of...more
Foundation Surgery Affiliate of Southwest Houston, LLC (“Southwest”), the owner of a surgical and imaging facility in Houston, entered into a purchase and sale agreement in 2008 with Rainier Capital Acquisitions, LP, which...more
Weirton Medical Center, Inc. (“WMC”), a hospital in West Virginia, entered into an agreement with QHR Intensive Resources, LLC, under which QHR provided hospital administrative services. WMC ultimately terminated the...more
Plaintiffs Capstone Associated Services, Ltd. And Capstone Associated Services (Wyoming), Limited Partnership (collectively, “Capstone”) brought suit against various defendants concerning the use of and rights to certain...more
Western Security Bank brought an action in the United States District Court for the District of Montana against certain doctors seeking to enforce commercial loan guaranties. The doctors asserted that a non-party, Meridian...more
A federal court recently granted a reinsurer’s motion to confirm an arbitration award, and denied a cedent’s petition to modify the same, holding that the panel’s alleged error in computing the amount due to the cedent was...more
In a dispute arising out of a series of contentious reinsurance arbitrations over a seven-year period between National Indemnity Company (“NICO”) and IRB Brasil Ressegurous S.A., the court confirmed three awards issued by an...more
Roquette Freres, S.A. and Solazyme, Inc. entered into a Joint Venture Operating Agreement (the “JVOA”), which was established for the purpose of “the research and development, manufacture, distribution, sales, marketing and...more
Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London petitioned the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to confirm an award issued by a three-member panel in an arbitration against Transport Insurance Company. The...more