Panel Compels Arbitration, Strikes Down Amaro In Win For Charles Schwab

Mealey's (August 21, 2019, 2:10 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Citing the Supreme Court decision in American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant, 570 U.S. 228 (2013), the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 20 found that its 1984 holding that claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act are not arbitrable “is no longer good law”; the same day, the court also issued a memorandum disposition compelling arbitration in the dispute (Michael Dorman, et al. v. Charles Schwab Corp., et al., No. 18-15281, 9th Cir.)....