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Wells Fargo Asks Federal Court to Send Class-Action Lawsuit Over Unauthorized Customer Accounts to Arbitration
Last week, San Francisco-based bank Wells Fargo reportedly asked a federal judge in Utah to send a proposed class-action lawsuit that was recently filed against the company to arbitration.
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Fourth Circuit Upholds $900K FINRA Arbitration Award After Bank Fails to Weigh in on Arbitral Panel
A unanimous panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has reportedly upheld a contested $900,000 Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) arbitration award.
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Federal Court Enjoins CMS Rule Banning Nursing Homes from Requiring Pre-Dispute Binding Arbitration Agreements
A Mississippi federal judge has blocked a Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) regulation that bars federally funded nursing homes from utilizing pre-dispute binding arbitration agreements.
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SCOTX Asked to Reconsider Request to Vacate Arbitrator’s Award Based on Public Policy Grounds
In June, the Supreme Court of Texas denied a company’s petition for review that was filed after its motion to vacate an arbitral award of $3 million in legal fees issued to the company’s former law firm was denied.
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The Supreme Court of Texas has affirmed a court of appeals’ judgment regarding an arbitration panel’s damages award in an oil and gas exploration and production dispute.
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Mediation
Effective October 5 2009, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has an updated mediation procedure for cases in the Appeals administrative process. Under Revenue Procedure 2009-44, the IRS expands the types of cases eligible for voluntary mediation and clarifies the cases that are ineligible. Mediation is available for: Legal issues. Factual issues. Certain compliance coordination issues. Early referral issues where agreement is not reached. Issues for which a request for competent authority assistant has not yet been filed. Unsuccessful attempts to enter into a closing agreement. Offer in compromise and Trust Fund Recovery Penalty cases. The new procedure also provides that settlement agreements on mediation cases of $50,000 or more must be reviewed by the Office of Chief Counsel. Read more here. Technorati Tags: ADR, law, mediation, IRS
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