In addition, a number of customers have filed private arbitration claims.

For that, a customer needs to pursue an arbitration claim against the broker.

"All parties have mutually withdrawn all lawsuits and arbitration claims.

It has filed an arbitration claim against the Philippine government with the World Bank.

Analysts estimate that investment banks could have hundreds of millions of dollars of potential exposure to arbitration claims.

In an arbitration claim filed this week, the union representing directors said Julie Taymor had "given nine years of her life to this project".

United States Arbitration Association specifically addresses the unique needs of small to mid-size arbitration claims.

"The board was not aware of the details of his arbitration claim until very recently," Mr. Haft said on Tuesday.

The accusations, made in a former employee's arbitration claim, were first reported publicly in June, just after Mr. Joyce arrived.

The board of National Association of Securities Dealers had expected this week to eliminate a six-year time limit on filing arbitration claims.

Some Baron investors have filed arbitration claims challenging the role played by Bear, Stearns & Company, which cleared Baron's trades.

In September 1999, Mr. Missirlian filed an arbitration claim with the American Arbitration Association.

In 1985, Mr. Pascuzzi sold oil stocks, then repurchased and sold them again, according to an arbitration claim Mrs. Olsen filed.

Bechtel and General Electric said they had filed arbitration claims of about $600 million each against the Indian government to recover investments in the Dabhol power plant.

If the contract contains a valid arbitration clause, the aggrieved party must submit an arbitration claim in accordance with the procedures set forth in the clause.

Represented Mittal Steel Czech subsidiary in ICC arbitration claim brought by Dutch contractor.

It follows an arbitration claim filed on Taymor's behalf in June, seeking $500,000 from lead producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah Harris.

On the question of eligibility to bring arbitration claims, the rule would initially provide for a six-year cutoff, dating back from the day the S.E.C. approved the rule.

When an American manufacturer of a gasoline additive filed an arbitration claim against Canada, Canada revoked a rule prohibiting the additive and paid the company $18 million.

Judge Baer also dismissed the portions of the complaint that accused the union of accepting what the workers termed "a bribe" from Claiborne in exchange for settling the arbitration claims.

Investment banks have cited the technical challenge and cost involved in retrieving old e-mail traffic as a reason to dismiss arbitration claims, many of which are frivolous, bank and arbitration lawyers agree.

"We're doing this because our expenses greatly exceed our revenues for processing arbitration claims," said Linda Fienberg, executive vice president of dispute resolution at the N.A.S.D.'s regulatory arm.

The wild gyrations of Wall Street have also begun to spawn scores of lawsuits and arbitration claims, many directed against brokers and dealers who have had difficulty in executing customer orders.

Kidder had filed a $10 million arbitration claim against Mr. Jett, and the firm's executives said they wanted to conserve his funds so they could recover his bonus, salary and other expenses.

According to the arbitration claim, the e-mail message with the news of Mr. Whiting's job loss came after one of his supervisors told him, "You're not the right man and color for this job."