Former Employee Not Required To Arbitrate ESOP Claims

In Smith v. Greatbank Trust Company, a federal court in Illinois held that a former employee could not be forced to arbitrate claims arising out of an ESOP, when the arbitration provisions were added by way of an amendment to the Plan that was adopted after he left the company but before he was permitted to remove his funds.

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