At one time, it was rare for an
arbitration panel to hear experts, because the arbitrators, who qualified to be panelists by virtue of their industry experience, were felt to be expert enough.
The Birmingham (Ala.) News is appealing an
arbitration panel's rulings that awarded a total of nearly $20 million to six former newspaper distributorships that alleged the company unlawfully ended their delivery contracts in 1998.
In the case, an
arbitration panel was ruling in a securities fraud case involving the Bossleys (a couple who lost substantial retirement money) and the firm that handled the couple's funds.
In Moser, the
arbitration panel found in favor of Ms.
A federal
arbitration panel recommended last week that Web broadcasters, who have enjoyed royalty-free use of songsters' work as the nascent medium finds its footing, start ponying up for tunes under a new fee scale.
The
arbitration panel then reduced the award to $14,987.70, presumably by allowing GEICO a setoff for benefits previously paid (the arbitration award was silent on this point) as well as deducting allowable expert witness fees.
A North American Free Trade Agreement
arbitration panel recently granted Mexican trucks access to U.S.
Unions representing workers at 18 plants agreed to end the strike after agreeing to set up an
arbitration panel consisting of one judge representing the union, one from the firm, and a third agreed upon by the two sitting judges or the Ministry of Labor.
The European Union secured an
arbitration panel in the World Trade Organization (WTO) to rule on a dispute with the United States over rival claims to the Havana Club rum trademark.
A hearing before a three-member
arbitration panel had been planned to discuss the rate increase until Nelson called a halt to the proceedings by taking the matter to a state circuit court.
Another complaint Stephens has with the
arbitration panel's ruling is that the panel expunged a document, NYSE Form RE-3, Stephens says the panel required them submit the document, then expunged it as defamatory.