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Feb. 7, 2017

Plaintiffs may face uphill battle voiding arbitration agreement in $300M hotel dispute

Attorneys who successfully persuaded a U.S. Magistrate Judge to recuse himself amid accusations of bias seemed to face an uphill battle Monday convincing the district judge now in control to void an arbitration agreement drafted mid-case.

By America Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES — Attorneys who successfully persuaded a U.S. magistrate judge to recuse himself amid accusations of bias seemed to face an uphill battle Monday convincing the district judge now in control to void an arbitration agreement drafted mid-case between two .

The parties said they only entered into the agreement because the magistrate judge told them a jury trial before the dis...

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