CHICAGO – On March 15, 2017, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee rejected an auto parts manufacturer's bid seeking an arbitration mandate over a supply agreement with a former partner's ex-president. United States District Judge, Thomas A. Varlan, concluded the auto parts manufacturer wasn't automatically entitled to arbitration. Rein Krammer of Masuda Funai, the attorney representing the former partner's ex-president, Yang Koo Woo, told Law360 that his client believes the allegations to be baseless and looks forward to his day in court. Click here to read the article.
The client was represented by members of Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.'s Litigation Practice Group Rein Krammer and David J. Stein.
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