09/25/2007
Second Circuit Admonishes Arbitration Panel for Manifest Disregard of Law in Attorney Fee Award in Age Discrimination Case
Bernhard B. Porzig v. Dresdner, Kleinwort, Benson, North America, LLC, et al., ___F.3d___, 2007 WL 2241592 (2d. Cir. 2007)
Brief Summary
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that an arbitration panel in an age discrimination suit had improperly and with some impudence disregarded the law regarding recovery of attorney fees in a fee-shifting civil rights suit for age discrimination. The court further held that the arbitration panel had exceeded in bounds in becoming involved in the fee arrangement between the plaintiff and his attorney.
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