By George H. Friedman* Repost from Securities Arbitration Commentator blog While he prays he is not correct, the author fears that … both the stock and bond markets will crash at the same time. Thereafter, as has happened in the past, FINRA will be inundated with crash-related claims. Case filings will ultimately break the old…
By George H. Friedman* Just yesterday, I blogged “Deflategate” – the Court has Ruled – Now What? where I offered my views on the federal court’s ruling on “Deflategate.” To review, the court reversed National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell’s arbitration decision upholding New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s four-game suspension. Having spent the holiday…
By George H. Friedman* By now, football fans know that a federal court has just ruled on “Deflategate,” nullifying National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell’s arbitration decision upholding New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s four-game suspension. So, what’s next? Having read judge Berman’s 40-page decision, let me offer this very quick and high level analysis….
By George H. Friedman* By now, football fans know that National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell has ruled on “Deflategate,” upholding New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s four-game suspension. So, what’s next? I offer below a short primer on what might happen next. Again, in the interest of full disclosure – another cornerstone of arbitration…
Originally posted by George Friedman in Court Decisions, Non-Securities Arbitration on July 21, 2015 By George H. Friedman* [This is a summary of the lead article in this month’s Securities Arbitration Commentator] Introduction As reported in the June 18th issue of the Securities Arbitration Alert, the Supreme Court of Alabama in a unanimous decision in…
By George H. Friedman* No, this is not another one of my screeds about how it’s not fair for the NFL’s Commissioner to act as arbitrator in the dispute between his own employer and the National Football League Players’ Association over Tom Brady’s suspension. I just can’t keep repeating the same points. But on a…
By George H. Friedman* By now, football fans know that the National Football League has fined the New England Patriots, ruled draft picks forfeited, and suspended quarterback Tom Brady for four games over “Deflategate.” Now, the question is “what’s next?” to which I add “and what does arbitration have to do with it?” Now, in…
By George H. Friedman* Talk about a bad draft day. In the midst of the NFL draft week hoopla came word that the Supreme Court of Missouri had disqualified the NFL’s Commissioner as the sole arbitrator in a case involving a non-player employee of the St. Louis Rams. Besides standing for the general proposition that…
By George H. Friedman* [This was originally published in the author’s blog at the Securities Arbitration Commentator] I recently authored a post in my blog at the Securities Arbitration Commentator, CFPB Issues Final Report on Arbitration, Telegraphing a Ban or Limits on Arbitration. Should SEC follow Suit? While the short answer was “no,” I did…
[This was originally published in the author’s blog at the Securities Arbitration Commentator] For those who thought the Supreme Court in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011), laid to rest any questions about whether the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) preempts state laws barring class action waivers in a consumer predispute arbitration…