A federal judge in Trenton, New Jersey, has denied Morgan Stanley’s motion to compel arbitration of a wrongful termination suit, finding room for debate over whether the company’s email delivery of the mandatory arbitration policy to employees constitutes notice and assent.

The company sent an email to all employees in September 2015 describing a new policy that subjected employment disputes to mandatory arbitration. The company says it sent a copy to the plaintiff, Craig Schmell, who was then a senior vice president in Morgan Stanley’s Red Bank, New Jersey, office, but Schmell said he did not recall seeing the message.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]