Category: Celebrities

Arbitration/Celebrities/Vacatur: Narrow Grounds For Vacating Arbitrator’s Award Were Not Satisfied In Arbitration Involving Adam Sandler’s Children’s Nanny

In Which An In Pro Per Defendant/Appellant Takes On Adam Sandler’s Corporation . . .      HP, a company owned by Adam Sandler, employed McDonald as a nanny for his children.  When her employment ended, she entered into a confidential settlement agreement, and as a result, $48K was paid to her, and $32K was paid […]

Arbitration/Federal Arbitration Act: Ninth Circuit Affirms District Court’s Decision Affirming Denial of Motion to Compel Arbitration Where Conflict Existed Between Dischargeability Purpose of Bankruptcy Code and Arbitration

How to Reconcile the Federal Arbitration Act With the Bankruptcy Code?      The threshold issue that the Ninth Circuit had to resolve In the Matter of:  Jose Eber, Case Nos. 10-56772 and 11-55341 (9th Cir. July 9, 2012) (for publication) was “how to reconcile the FAA with the Bankruptcy Code, and, more specifically, a bankruptcy […]

Arbitration: Second District, Division 2, Affirms Orders Denying Motions To Compel Arbitration

  In One Case, Arbitration Presented Possibility Of Inconsistent Rulings, And In The Other Case, Arbitration Of Indemnification Claim Was Beyond The Scope Of The Agreement To Arbitrate      The following scenario reminds me of cases I have litigated – and arbitrated. Buyer discovers water intrusion in home she buys, and sues Developer and later […]