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 […]
Actor Nicolas Cage Ordered to Pay Attorney’s Fees in Real Estate Lawsuit After Losing Attempt to Compel Arbitration On March 20, 2012, we posted about Lindemann v. Hume, et al., Case Nos. Nos. B226106, B233273 (2nd Dist. Div. 7 filed February 21, 2012) (Perluss, P.J.), a case in which the Court of Appeal affirmed […]
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 […]
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 […]