Company Denied Rehearing In Arbitration Dispute With Minority Shareholder

Mealey's (March 16, 2023, 2:18 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — Without providing further detail, an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel declined to rehear an appeal in which it affirmed a federal district court’s ruling denying a cigar company’s motion for arbitration in a dispute with a minority shareholder who is seeking to divest his shares in the company based on the company’s waiver of its right to arbitrate when it moved to dismiss or remand the instant action....