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Contract

June 16th, 2022

• Filed
  June 16th, 2022

Petitioner resigned from MHR on July 11, 2018. Pet. 56.1 ¶ 9, ECF No. 56. By letter dated August 17, 2018, MHR informed Petitioner that MHR had become aware that, after Petitioner resigned, he was “engaging in efforts to launch a new fund . . . with at least two other former MHR employees,” and advised Petitioner that such actions were in “direct violation” of his contractual obligations to MHR under the RCA. ECF No. 40-7 at 2. On August 30, 2018, MHR commenced an arbitration proceeding against Petitioner before the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (the “CPR”). Resp. 56.1 ¶ 9. Pursuant to the RCA, the arbitration was conducted in accordance with the CPR’s Rules for Non-Administered Arbitrations (the “CPR Rules”) and their Employment Dispute Arbitration Procedure. ECF No. 40-12 at 2. The CPR Rules provide that an arbitrator “shall have the power to hear and determine challenges to its jurisdiction, including any objections with respect to the existence, sco