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JAVITCH v. FIRST UNION SECS., INC.

Banking Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
An appointed receiver has asserted claims belonging to receivership entities, and is bound to arbitration agreements to the same extent that those...

SHEA v. HOUSEHOLD BANK

Banking Law, Contracts, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Plaintiff is not bound to arbitrate under the terms of an amendment to his credit card agreement where he expressly refused to be bound, and his...

MANDEL v. HOUSEHOLD BANK

Banking Law, Class Actions, Contracts, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Although a term barring class arbitration is unconscionable and is stricken, an arbitration agreement is enforceable and binding on a plaintiff...

ADAMS v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERV.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
An arbitrator properly found that the IRS's decision to place seasonal employees in nonduty, nonpay status for two weeks each year, is supported by...

ACEQUIP LTD. v AM. ENG'G CORP.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Nothing in the Federal Arbitration Act or Connecticut law supports defendant's argument that it is entitled to a hearing on the existence of an...

CVN GROUP, INC. v. DELGADO

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Judgement Enforcement
In refusing to foreclose mechanic's liens awarded by arbitration on the ground that evidence before the arbitrator did not establish that the liens...

POLAND SPRING CORP. v. UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS INT'L UNION

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
When an arbitrator determined that an employee was guilty of insubordination, his decision to fashion a remedy other than termination impermissibly...

PUB. CITIZEN HEALTH RESEARCH GROUP v. CHAO

Administrative Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
OSHA's delay in promulgating a lower permissible exposure limit for a known carcinogen in the workplace is not justified by scientific uncertainty or...

IN THE MATTER OF THE ARBITRATION BETWEEN CITY OF JOHNSTOWN & JOHNSTOWN POLICE BENEVOLENT ASS'N

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Grievances concerning the calculation of employee retirement benefits, pursuant to the formula contained in the Retirement and Social Security Law,...

HOWSAM v. DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS, INC.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
A National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) arbitrator, rather than a district court, should apply a NASD time limit rule to an underlying...