Then, she was protesting common industry rules that force consumers to settle disputes with financial
companies in arbitration rather than court.
Acting for a Singapore based Indian group
company in an arbitration claim under ss.
Represented major insurance
company in arbitration over change - in - control severance benefits.
Successfully appeared for an oil
company in arbitration brought by major rig company in February 2013.
Acting for a Norwegian
company in its arbitration claim for misuse of confidential information.
Mr. Born has represented European, US, Asian and other
companies in arbitrations under all leading institutional rules (ICC, LCIA, AAA, Vienna, Stockholm, ICSID) and in ad hoc arbitrations in all leading international seats (London, Paris, Geneva / Zurich, Vienna, Stockholm, New York, Washington, Singapore).
Represented the Nicaraguan state - owned commodities purchasing
company in an arbitration before the Rice Millers Association (US) against a U.S. grain distribution company over the company's delivery of adulterated rice.
Representing two respondent IT supply
companies in an arbitration (with Lord Mustill as arbitrator) concerning issues surrounding the supply of software.
Practice Mr. Carter has represented European, US, Asian and other
companies in arbitrations under leading institutional rules and in ad hoc arbitrations in all leading international seats.
Represented a Malaysian petroleum services
company in arbitrations under the AAA Arbitration Rules and the Rules of the Maritime Arbitrators Association in Houston (Texas) over claims related to the rehabilitation of a drilling rig.
Represented a major European telecommunications
company in an arbitration involving the breakup of a joint venture under the ICC Rules, sited in Geneva
Obtained defense award for video service
company in arbitration involving disability discrimination, failure to accommodate, failure to engage in the interactive process, and wrongful termination claims.
Representation of a national medical billing system
company in arbitration against developers of software
He has represented investors, developers, States and energy
companies in arbitrations under the ICC, SCC, CRCICA, LCIA, ICSID and UNCITRAL rules of arbitration.
Representing a Danish
company in an arbitration under the SCC rules brought by one of its contractors arising from contracts for the supply and installation of pipes for use on an oilfield in Kazakhstan.
Obtained a favorable settlement on behalf of an Indian project development
company in an arbitration dispute with major oil companies.
Anders represented a state - owned real estate
company in arbitration proceedings over claims under a real estate sale and purchase agreement.
Representing a Korean medical device manufacturing
company in an arbitration relating to a breach of a contract.
Represented a German technology
company in an arbitration against a global heat transfer, separation and fluid handling conglomerate arising out of a joint venture to develop, manufacture and market and globally a water ballast treatment prodcut.
Additionally, Brent has defended a number of
companies in arbitration pursuant to the AAA Arbitration rules and state rules.
A large petrochemical
company in arbitration proceedings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia involving the termination of a mining services agreement
Not exact matches
The
company decided it couldn't support the Gillibrand - Graham bill and continue to include or enforce
arbitration clauses
in its own employment contracts, he said.
The software giant is just one among many
companies that have included
arbitration clauses
in their employees contracts.
The team also includes highly experienced trial attorneys with extensive experience
in trial and appellate courts and
arbitration proceedings, and veteran practitioners who regularly litigate high - stakes, «bet the
company» matters.
•
In May, Susan Fowler advocated that tech
companies end forced
arbitration, end the practice of buying their employees» silence with severance packages and non-disparagement agreements, end unnecessarily strict confidentiality agreements, institute training and enforce zero - tolerance policies:
But the
company told Axios that it removed the
arbitration clause from its employee contracts
in August.
In addition to mandatory arbitration, companies also frequently include a clause in their contracts that requires employees to waive their right to participate in class - action lawsuit
In addition to mandatory
arbitration,
companies also frequently include a clause
in their contracts that requires employees to waive their right to participate in class - action lawsuit
in their contracts that requires employees to waive their right to participate
in class - action lawsuit
in class - action lawsuits.
They say
arbitrations are secretive and rigged
in favor of
companies.
As Fortune reported today, 3D Systems also recently lost an
arbitration case filed by Ronald Barranco, the owner of a
company 3D Systems acquired
in 2011, that requires it to pay $ 11 million.
Malik this week also filed an
arbitration claim against the bank with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and he separately plans to file a discrimination complaint against the
company in New York state court, according to the report.
However, Chen also said Uber drivers who have worked for the service since May 2014 must specifically opt out of an
arbitration agreement
in order to sue the
company.
Chen also said Uber drivers who have worked for the service since May 2014 must specifically opt out of an
arbitration agreement
in order to sue the
company.
HOUSTON, April 25 An international
arbitration court has ordered Venezuela's state - run oil
company PDVSA to pay ConocoPhillips $ 2.04 billion for early dissolution of two joint ventures for producing oil
in the OPEC - member country, the U.S. firm said on Wednesday.
The Abu Dhabi fund, the International Petroleum Investment
Company, said
in a stock exchange announcement
in London that Malaysia's finance ministry and 1MDB had agreed to pay $ 1.2 billion to the Abu Dhabi fund by the end of the year as part of an agreement overseen by an
arbitration panel
in London.
Individual lawsuits, the CFPB study noted, were not frequently blocked by
companies in favor of forced
arbitration.
In the past decade,
companies have curbed many lawsuits with mandatory
arbitration clauses that prevent consumers from going to court, bound instead to the
arbitration process.
Clayton said he requested the review «
in response to the recent heightened interest from Congress and others relating to the inclusion of mandatory
arbitration provisions
in the charters or bylaws of U.S.
companies contemplating an IPO.»
He has filed for
arbitration against his old
company, which he says owes him at least $ 25 million
in severance.
Also,
in Q2 / 18 the
company may receive a favorable ruling from an
arbitration tribunal that could award substantial damages, which could be a major near - term catalyst for the stock, significantly adding to the
company's balance sheet and initiating a re-rate
in the marketplace.
Earlier this week, Uber's lawyers filed a motion that appeared to buttress that request, noting that back
in the fall Waymo had sought
arbitration with Levandowski because he had used confidential
company salary information as leverage to poach employees.
In challenging their status as independent contractors, Lyft's drivers were unable to bring a class action lawsuit against the app company thanks to an arbitration clause contained in their contract with Lyf
In challenging their status as independent contractors, Lyft's drivers were unable to bring a class action lawsuit against the app
company thanks to an
arbitration clause contained
in their contract with Lyf
in their contract with Lyft.
Hobson and her coworkers expected to have their day
in court, but because Murphy Oil had made Hobson and the other workers sign forced
arbitration clauses upon hiring, the
company demanded that they drop their group complaint and enter into individual
arbitrations.
Instead of a jury of your peers or an impartial judge, the decisionmaker
in arbitration proceedings is often an individual hired by the
company.
Decisions: • AT&T Mobility vs. Concepcion: Held that a
company's
arbitration clause prevents its customers from suing
in a class action for fraud.
As previously disclosed, the
Company received a final judgment
in its favor for a total of US$ 1.9 million plus interest from the US District Court for the District of Arizona
in January, 2016 related to an arbitral award of R$ 7.8 million, including interest and penalties, from a Brazilian
arbitration panel.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 1, 2015 — RiceBran Technologies (NASDAQ: RIBT and RIBTW)(the «
Company» or «RBT»), a global leader
in the production and marketing of value added products derived from rice bran, announced today that it has received an arbitral award of R$ 3.6 million from a Brazilian
arbitration panel related to the
Company's 2008 acquisition of Irgovel.
Australia is already having a painful experience with this type of clause — tobacco
company Philip Morris Asia has commenced
arbitration against the Australian government over its new plain packaging for tobacco products laws using a similar clause
in an investment treaty between Australia and Hong Kong.
That firstly means that both the host and the country of the suing
company / state need to be
in some treaty which actually allows for
arbitration (E.g. Germany and Greece do have an bilateral treaty but it does not have such clauses).
It would require better disclosures from doctors and hospitals about facilities
in a patient's network and subject related billing disputes to
arbitration between the medical provider and insurance
company.
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