by Mark Travis | Mar 11, 2022 | Arbitration, Labor Law
In Warrior Met Coal Mining LLC v. United Mine Workers of America District 20 (11th Cir., No. 21-10523, 3/4/2022), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama had vacated an arbitrator’s award which reduced a discharge to a 60-day...
by Mark Travis | Mar 1, 2022 | Arbitration
In Warfield v. ICON Advisors, Inc., (4th Cir., No. 20-1690, 2/24/22), the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court’s vacatur of an arbitration panel’s award, finding the defendant ICON had not established the panel’s award reflected manifest...
by Mark Travis | Feb 23, 2022 | Arbitration, Labor Law
In National Nurses Organizing Committee – Missouri & Kansas/National Nurses United v. Midwest Division – RMC LLC, 8th Cir., No. 21-2200 (2/17/22), the Union filed a grievance against the employer-hospital over the Hospital’s posting of a “staffing grid” which...
by Mark Travis | Feb 12, 2022 | Arbitration, Title VII
Last week, both the House and Senate passed, on a bipartisan basis, the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2021” as an amendment to the Federal Arbitration Act. Although the House and Senate versions were different, the Senate ultimately passed the...
by Mark Travis | Feb 2, 2022 | Arbitration, Labor Law
In Johnson Controls Security Solutions, LLC v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 103, No. 21-1460, 2022 WL 262963 (1st Cir. 1/28/22), the First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court’s declaratory judgment in favor of Johnson...
by Mark Travis | Jan 24, 2022 | Arbitration, Labor Law
Last week, an arbitrator ruled that former University of Connecticut head basketball coach Kevin Ollie was wrongfully terminated from his job in 2018 and awarded over $11 million in damages. The case is interesting for a number of reasons. First, the arbitrator who...
