Parties often move a district court in pending civil actions to compel arbitration in accordance with an arbitration clause. A problem arises, however, when that clause specifies that arbitration must occur outside of the district’s territorial bounds….
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By Mike Langan, Law Clerk to Hon. Glenn T. Suddaby, USDJ Arbitration Dogan v. Keybank, N.A., 18-CV-0205 (N.D.N.Y.) (10/10/18) – Diversity action against national banking association by passbook savings account […]
Contributed by Eric M. O’Bryan and Eric J. Weinhold – Albany Law School, Class of 2018 Consumer Protection Kommer v. Ford Motor Co., 17-CV-0296(LEK/DJS) (7/28/17) – Putative class action for […]
2012 Empire Gen Holdings, Inc. v. Governor of New York, 11-CV-1509(NAM) (7/11/12) – action seeking money damages, permanent injunction barring the enforcement of Sections 33 and 34 of the New […]
2005 Lewis v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec. , 00-CV-1225(GLS), 2005 WL 1899399 (8/2/05) challenge of the denial of benefits by the Commissioner of Social Security on grounds that the administrative […]
2013 Denny v. Ford Motor Co., 11-CV-1239(DNH) (8/13/13) – action by two former-products-liability litigants asserting claims sounding in fraud and violations of RICO, alleging that but for defendant’s fraud and […]
2011 Rotundo v. Village of Yorkville, 09-CV-1262(DNH) (3/4/11) – civil rights action by part-time village police officer and wife against village and village employees arising from termination of officer’s employment, […]
2013 Albany Int’l Corp. v. Yamauchi Corp., 13-CV-0257(DNH) (10/22/13) – action by manufacturer against competitor and its sales representative, alleging that Defendants violated its patents on various design aspects of […]
2013 Argonaut Ins. Co. v. Samsung Heavy Indus. Co., Ltd., 10 CV 1516(MAD) (3/11/13) action arising from fire in garage, asserting claims of negligent design and manufacture, failure to warn, […]