Bucky86 said:
I just find it hard to believe that Gordon's all-star legal team would go into an arbitration like this and not have some kind of plan. Which leads me to believe that their complaint, that may or may not be ready to be filed, might actually have some legs to stand on.
There can't be any legs to stand on yet.
If Gordon loses the arbitration and then sues in civil court, his complaint will ask the court to set aside the arbitrator's ruling. A leg to stand on, in that context, would consist of an allegation that the arbitrator was bribed, or stoned, or that he willfully (not just accidentally) disregarded the law, or something along those lines.
Obviously, none of those potential legs-to-stand-on are available yet because the arbitrator has not released his decision. For all we know, the arbitrator is about to rule in Gordon's favor, which would obviously leave Gordon without a legitimate reason to sue. In short, we can't know whether Gordon will have a legitimate reason to sue until after the arbitrator's ruling is released. But it would be rather unusual for the arbitrator's decision to contain something that would give Gordon a legitimate shot at winning a civil suit. In any case, even if the arbitrator does end up providing such grounds, there's no way of knowing yet what they will be.
