In Flowers Foods drivers’ case, employee arbitration vs. litigation issue can’t be overlooked

The question of arbitration vs. litigation is easy to overlook in the Flowers Foods drivers' Supreme Court case. The post In ...
JD Supra

Ontario Introduces New International Commercial Arbitration Scheme

The ICAA expressly provides that the New York Convention has the force of law in Ontario. This convention is recognized as the leading international instrument guiding the enforcement of international ...
JD Supra

An Arbitration Agreement That Attempts to Skew a Statutory Arbitration Scheme Is Void as Against Public Policy

Federal public policy favors arbitration and the broad interpretation and enforcement of arbitration agreements. So how can an arbitration agreement be held by a court to be void as against public ...
Bar and Bench

Arbitration begins with notice, not filing of petition to appoint arbitrator: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has clarified that arbitral proceedings commence the moment a party’s notice invoking arbitration is ...
The Gazette

10th Circuit tosses phony arbitration scheme seeking $300 million against Loveland

The federal appeals court based in Denver has rejected outright a Fort Collins man's attempt to extract $300 million from the city of Loveland, in a case a lower court judge deemed "fraudulent." Eyoel ...
InvestmentNews

Oppenheimer loses another arbitration case over alleged Ponzi scheme

The $1.5 million award to two investors follows a $36.7 million loss for Oppenheimer last September in a dispute involving the Horizon Private Equity III fund. By Mark Schoeff Jr. Oppenheimer & Co.
Courthouse News Service

No arbitration for Trump in pyramid scheme class action

One of numerous pictures used in a 2018 federal complaint to demonstrate President Donald Trump's ties to the multilevel marketing company Advanced Communications Network. MANHATTAN (CN) — Investors ...
Financial Planning

Payouts reach $1.9M in wake of former LPL broker’s Ponzi scheme

LPL Financial must pay $462,000 to former clients of a broker currently serving prison time after pleading guilty to a $1.4 million Ponzi scheme. Processing Content This week’s FINRA arbitration award ...
The Gazette

Colorado court tosses phony arbitration scheme seeking $300 million against city

The federal appeals court based in Denver has rejected outright a Fort Collins man's attempt to extract $300 million from the city of Loveland, in a case a lower court judge deemed "fraudulent." Eyoel ...
Law

Butler Snow Moves for Arbitration in Lawsuit Over Ponzi Scheme

The firm, while publicly downplaying its connection to Ponzi schemer Arthur Lamar Adams, is trying to force a related lawsuit into arbitration. The Butler Snow law firm and the firm's founder and CEO, ...
MinnPost

General Mills abandons controversial arbitration scheme

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