Panel Sends Lawyer’s Dispute With Former Firm To New York Arbitration

Mealey's (November 17, 2022, 4:24 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A California appellate panel ordered a long-running dispute between a lawyer and his former firm over the allocation of a contingency fee arising out of an international arbitration in China to arbitration in New York, ruling that arbitrators must address the lawyer’s argument that he is entitled to void his agreement to arbitrate with the firm under California law....