Abbott v. Law Office of Mulligan

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

TERRENCE L. O’BRIEN, Circuit Judge.

Charles Abbott and Patrick Mulligan, both attorneys, entered into an agreement to jointly handle litigation arising from the Fen-Phen national class action settlement. Eventually a dispute arose over the terms of their contract when Mulligan discovered Abbott was keeping some cases for himself and referring others to a different attorney, who agreed to pay him a greater share of any recoveries. A three-member arbitration panel was convened under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) to resolve the dispute. Both men were granted relief but the…