CHARLES SCHWAB CO INC v. MARILLEY (2025)

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. v. Lauren Elizabeth MARILLEY and Peter Joseph Marilley

No. 210A24

Decided: March 21, 2025

Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., by Thomas G. Hooper; and Baritz & Colman LLP, by Neil S. Baritz, for plaintiff-appellee Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Eric Spengler, Charlotte, for defendant-appellee Lauren Elizabeth Marilley. TLG Law, by Tyler A. Rhoades and David G. Redding, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant Peter Joseph Marilley.

Defendant Peter Joseph Marilley appealed from the order of the North Carolina Business Court entered on 20 February 2024 denying his Motion to Stay Proceedings and Compel Arbitration. That order is hereby affirmed. Defendant Lauren Elizabeth Marilley's request to this Court for attorneys’ fees and sanctions pursuant to Rule 34(a)(2) of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure is hereby denied.

AFFIRMED.¹

FOOTNOTES

1. The order of the North Carolina Business Court, 2024 NCBC Order 17, is available at https://www.nccourts.gov/assets/documents/orders-of-significance/2024% 20NCBC% 20Order% 2017.pdf?VersionId=cMpMO3lnjirOrgKEgw9maeMSxYdYuT2x.

PER CURIAM.

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