Court Orders Sports Agents into Arbitration

A federal judge in the Eastern District of Michigan has granted part of a sports agency’s motion to compel arbitration in a case where a former employee claimed breach of an oral agreement, quantum meruit/unjust enrichment, and promissory estoppel.   The plaintiff, Kim Grillier, began working for defendant Henry Thomas in 2001 as a sports agent. Grillier was allegedly hired as a “consultant” with a salary of $500 a month and a percentage of the fees generated by the players Grillier