

On June 22, 1983, Eugenio Rodríguez Font (Rodríguez Font) and Eugenio Rodríguez Rolenson (Rolenson) brought suit against Milton Cofresi, Jr. Third, section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rule 10b-5 claims, and Commonwealth law claims against both defendants are arbitrable, although claims under section 12(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 are not. and Milton Cofresí did not waive their right to arbitration. We resolve, first, that the parties intended by written agreements to arbitrate any dispute arising from the sale of securities described in the complaint. Federal jurisdiction has been asserted under 15 U.S.C.
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*463 Carlos Bobonis González, Bobonis, Bobonis & Rodriguez Poventud, San Juan, P.R., for defendants.īefore us is defendants' motion for a stay of trial or to compel arbitration.

Brosterman, Stroock, Stroock & Lavan, New York City, for plaintiffs. Puerto Rico.īenny Frankie Cerezo, San Juan, P.R., Melvin A. PAINE WEBBER INCORPORATED, as successor to Paine Webber Jackson & Curtis, Inc., and Milton Cofresi, Defendants. Breitel, following which for many years he headed the Litigation Department of Holtzmann, Wise & Shepard, whose clients included Allen & Company and the Onassis interests and whose managing partner was Chair of the American Arbitration Association. Commencing out of law school as an associate at what was then Rosenman, Goldmark, Colin & Kaye, he went on to serve as Law Secretary to then Justice Charles D. at Cornell University and, following service as a Lieutenant in the Korean War, graduated from Columbia University where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and Law Review Editor.

It serves as either neutral, counsel to one side in a dispute and/or as drafters of the most suitable dispute resolution contract clauses. His Department, when the standbys of mediation and arbitration are not a good fit, also utilizes increasingly popular settlement techniques such as collaborative law, med-arb, and settlement counsel. After a long career as a litigator of cases ranging from business and personal divorces through security fraud class actions and antitrust cases he now heads a practice dedicated to avoiding or ending litigation wherever possible. Solovay is currently Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution practice at McLaughlin & Stern, LLP.
