Tag: Employment Litigation

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Arbitration Brokers

UBS Ordered to Pay Broker $1.6 Million

A former star broker for UBS Financial Services Inc. who was repeatedly called a “bitch” by her boss won a $1.6 million discrimination arbitration award last month. According to InvestmentNews.com, the broker, Chrisine Carona, worked for UBS in Boston from March 2009 through July 2017 and currently is employed by Morgan Stanley. She was […]

Brokers

Employment Discrimination Claims

For many years, all claims that a registered representative had against a broker/dealer was subject to mandatory arbitration, by virtue of the representative’s association with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. However, on January 1, 1999, the NASD changed the Rule 10201 (Required Submission), relating to the arbitration of […]

Analysis

Employment exclusion reviewed

Supreme Court and Arbitration – 2002   SUPREME COURT & ARBITRATION: The U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in the Circuit City v. Adams case on Monday, concerning Section 1’s “contract of employment” exclusion. The Ninth Circuit gave a broad reading to the exclusionary provision in the decision below, holding that […]