Alternative Dispute Resolution
Court Tosses Arbitrator’s Suit Against Law Firm That Sought His Recusal
Posted May 13, 2008, 07:59 am CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A federal judge has ruled a private arbitrator has no standing to sue a law firm based on allegations it made false charges in court papers that sought to disqualify him.
Arbitrator Edwin Naythons, a former federal magistrate, had sued the Philadelphia-based law firm Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young for abuse of process, the Legal Intelligencer reports. Naythons had claimed the law firm falsely claimed he had backdated a ruling to avoid allegations he was biased by a death threat made shortly before the decision was to be issued.
Naythons claimed he had already written the ruling against leaders of the Philadelphia-based Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith when he received the death… Continue reading...
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