Block 175 Corp. v. Fairmont Hotel Management Co.

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• concluding that the presence of the word “may” in the arbitration clause merely gave the party the option of arbitrating or abandoning a claim: “When either party elects to arbitrate and serves the proper notice, as was done here, then arbitration must ensue”
• clause providing that \either party may serve upon the other a written notice stating that such party desires to have the controversy . . . reviewed by an arbitrator\ was mandatory
• clause providing that ‘either party may serve upon the other a written notice stating that such party desires to have the controversy ... reviewed by an arbitrator’ was mandatory
• breach of fiduciary duty, intentional or reckless breach of duty
• breach of fiduciary duty, intentional or reckless breach of duty

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