Thursday, September 22, 2011

Second Circuit -- UBS Fin. Servs. Inc. v. West Virginia Univ. Hosps., Inc.

Issuer of securities is a customer under FINRA rules given ancillary elements of transaction, arbitration required.

Validity of forum selection clause a matter for arbitration.

Dissent - FINRA rules might not bind beyond the immediate transaction; injunction barring arbitraiton pending resolution of claim justified.


UBS Fin. Servs. Inc. v. West Virginia Univ. Hosps., Inc.
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