Securities Industry Arbitrations and Litigation Update: Ninth Circuit Compels Dispute to FINRA Arbitration
By EsqSocial Corporation 29/06/21
On April 14, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California finding that a FINRA registered investment banker’s statutory employment discrimination and civil rights claims were not subject to arbitration. In reversing, the Ninth Circuit held that the express language of the multiple arbitration provisions the investment banker signed demonstrated that she knowingly waived the right to judicial...
By: Troutman Pepper