Fromm v. ING FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, LLC

OPINION AND ORDER

STEIN, District Judge.

Stuart Fromm has petitioned this Court to modify an arbitration award dated December 5, 2006, in which a National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”) arbitration panel resolved a dispute between Fromm and his former employer, ING Funds Distributor, Inc. (“ING”), and five ING employees. The arbitration panel found in petitioner’s favor and awarded him $42,500, but Fromm asserts that the panel’s award should be modified — specifically, the amount he was awarded should be substantially increased — because it is (1) in manifest disregard of the law,…