J. Michael McGuire and Alex I. Castelli won dismissal of a lawsuit
On behalf of an energy company, J. Michael McGuire and Alex I. Castelli won dismissal of a lawsuit that sought to compel arbitration over a change in retiree benefits, as reported in Law360 and the Labor & Employment Law Daily (subscriptions required). The court found that the current and previous collective bargaining agreements covered only current employees, not retirees, and thus the union could not compel arbitration over the company’s conversion of its retirees’ life insurance benefits into a $10,000 lump sum.
