Public Risk Innovations, Solutions, and Management v. Amtrust Financial Services, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PUBLIC RISK INNOVATIONS, Case No. 21-cv-03573-EMC
SOLUTIONS, AND MANAGEMENT,
8 Petitioner, ORDER RE PETITIONER’S MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION AND v. RESPONDENT’S CROSS-MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION
AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES,
INC., et al., Docket No. 12,
Respondents.
13 14 Currently pending before the Court are the parties’ cross-motions to compel arbitration. Both parties agree that they have two disputes that should be arbitrated (one concerning the GL-1 Certificate and the other concerning the GL-2 Certificate). However, they disagree over who the arbitrators should be; hence, the pending motions. The crux of the dispute is whether Mr. Conley, the arbitrator selected by PRISM (one of three people on the arbitration panel), should be disqualified from being an arbitrator. Having considered the parties’ briefs and accompanying submissions, the Court…