Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, U.S., L.L.C. v. John Nackel

This case arises from an employment dispute between defendant John Nackel (“Nackel”) and plaintiff Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, U.S., L.L.C. (“Cap Gemini”). Nackel alleges that he was terminated from Cap Gemini in retaliation for protesting the discriminatory conduct of a senior Cap Gemini executive. After Nackel filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court asserting various claims under California state law, Cap Gemini commenced an arbitration before the American Arbitration Association in New York and filed this present action in the Southern District of New York, seeking to compel arbitration…