READING HEALTH SYSTEM v. BEAR STEARNS & CO.

No. 16-4234.

900 F.3d 87 (2018)

READING HEALTH SYSTEM v. BEAR STEARNS & CO., n/k/a J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion filed August 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan K. Youngwood, Esq. (ARGUED), Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017, Counsel for Appellant.

Mark A. Strauss, Esq. (ARGUED), Thomas W. Elrod, Esq. , Peter S. Linden, Esq. , Kirby McInerney LLP, 825 Third Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10022, Counsel for Appellee.

Robert C. Port, Esq. , Gaslowitz Frankel LLC, 303 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 4500, Atlanta, GA 30308, Counsel for Amicus Appellee Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association.

Before: SHWARTZ and ROTH, Circuit Judges and PAPPERT, District Judge.


OPINION

INTRODUCTION

In this case, we address an emerging trend in the brokerage industry. Ordinarily, broker-dealers, as members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA),1 are required by FINRA Rule 12200 to arbitrate...

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