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Corey Rosen
In Brown v. Wilmington Tr., N.A., No. 3:17-cv-00250 (S.D. Ohio, order denying defendant’s motion to compel arbitration 7/24/18), a district court ruled that a former employee cannot be forced to go through an arbitration clause regarding her ESOP account.
Corey Rosen
In Acosta v. Reliance Trust Co., Inc., E.D.N.C., No. 5:17-cv-00214-D, consent judgment 9/18/18, Reliance Trust agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle a DOL lawsuit that alleged the investment banking firm caused the ESOP at Tobacco Rag Processors, Inc. to overpay for company stock.
