Biller
Biller v. Toyota Motor Corp.
Opinion
Opinion
Gould, J.
Dimitrios P. Biller (“Biller”) appeals the district court’s order affirming an arbitration award and permanent injunction against him in favor of his former employer, Toyota Motor Corp. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.
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Appellant Biller worked as in-house counsel for Toyota Motor Sales (“TMS”), a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corp., from 2003 to 2007, with responsibilities on product liability matters. In 2007, Biller presented TMS with a claim asserting, inter alia, constructive wrongful discharge related to TMS’s alleged unethical discovery practices. TMS and Biller settled the claims, and, in September 2007, the parties signed a Severance Agreement, in which Biller agreed 1) to give a broad release of his claims relating to his employment with and separation from TMS; 2) to protect and not to disclose Toyota’s Confidential Information, a term defined in the Severance Agreement; 3) to return to TMS all of Toyota’s Confidential Information in his possession; and 4) not to copy that Confidential Information.
With respect to Dispute Resolution, the parties agreed to arbitrate “all known and unknown” claims that relate, inter alia, to the…