In a decision issued November 9, 2022, the Connecticut Superior Court upheld Pastore’s position against a nationally recognized broker-dealer, holding that a FINRA arbitration provision agreed to by one’s parent does not bind a person that seeks to invalidate that very agreement. As the Court stated, plaintiff’s claims “are personal to her based on alleged tortious and illegal conduct directed toward harming her as a putative beneficiary, not her mother’s interests as the account holder.” The decision strengthens Connecticut’s strong policy against enforcing arbitration agreements against those who have not themselves agreed to arbitrate disputes.

Pastore regularly enforces and defends FINRA arbitration provisions, and is familiar with the intricacies of compelling parties to arbitrate disputes when they have so agreed.

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