Arbitration: DRVM LLC

This page documents the arbitration phase of my case against DRVM LLC and the corporate structure behind it.

This is where the case started as a “$600 wage dispute” and quickly turned into a $15 billion whistleblower-level fraud story involving dissolved shells, hidden payroll, and a global pharmaceutical company.

This page covers:

• My first demand and pre-arbitration steps

• How JAMS arbitration was set up and amended

• The collision between GRSM and Fisher Phillips

• DRVM’s mid-case “reactivation”

• The secret $6,130.10 deposit

• The AI arbitrator dispute and the broken strike list

• The point where arbitration broke down and I moved to federal court under 9 U.S.C. § 5

For everything that happened after arbitration spilled into federal court (federal petition, motions, defaults, Deepak, docket manipulation, and the November 24, 2025 ruling), see the Petition to Compel Arbitration page.

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Quick Snapshot

• Forum: JAMS Arbitration

• What I was told it was: A “simple” Oregon wage claim for ~$600

• What it actually was: A nationwide payroll-shell structure where W-2 employees were paid through dissolved or empty entities connected to Sanofi / Chattem / Quten

• Valuation: Started at $10 billion → increased to $15 billion

• Why that number: It wasn’t about “my damages.” It had to reflect the full scale of the structure and match what I reported to the authorities. I never believed I’d personally collect billions of dollars. The valuation was a legal strategy to force the system to see the true size of the fraud. It’s what sparked the case, forced reactions, and ultimately caused the entire structure to start unraveling.

• Status now: DRVM is stuck in arbitration by itself; the real upstream entities now sit in federal court.

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1. How It Started: My First Demand & GRSM Appears (February 2025)

This case started the way a lot of cases do: with a paycheck that didn’t add up.

On February 11, 2025, I sent my first formal demand:

• To DRVM LLC

• Directly to CEO Maged “Mike” Boutros

• To his work email, his physical work address, and DRVM’s corporate email

I wasn’t trying to go nuclear. I wanted my wages and an explanation for why my employer on paper was a dissolved Oregon LLC.

Within days, DRVM didn’t respond. Instead, I heard from Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani (GRSM), a large defense firm. They told me that from that point on, all communications needed to go through them as counsel for DRVM.

That’s when I knew this wasn’t just “some payroll error.”

Key Documents

• My First Demand to DRVM – Feb 11, 2025

My first letter demanding resolution, sent directly to CEO Maged “Mike” Boutros.

• GRSM Notice of Appearance – Feb 14, 2025

GRSM appears for DRVM LLC and orders all communication to go through them.

• Email Thread with GRSM – Feb 18 – Mar 3, 2025

Emails from my original demand service through the lead-up to my amended arbitration demand.

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2. Taking It to JAMS: Filing the Core Arbitration Demand

When it was clear they weren’t going to fix this informally, I moved the case into arbitration with JAMS, which is what the arbitration agreement said we had to use.

I:

• Filed an initial demand through the JAMS portal

• Then followed with a 64-page Second Amended Arbitration Demand and over 100 exhibits

That 64-page amendment became the core of the arbitration. It didn’t just say “you underpaid me.” It laid out:

• The dissolved status of DRVM

• The structure behind “Direct Demo”

• The link between the shells and Sanofi / Chattem / Quten

• How this wasn’t a one-off mistake, but a model

Key Document

• Second Amended Arbitration Demand – Feb 26, 2025

My 64-page core arbitration demand, with exhibits, outlining the structure and valuation.

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3. Naming the Real Structure & GRSM Tries to Shrink the Case

Once I started connecting dots, I realized DRVM was just the front.

In my amended filings I named:

• DRVM LLC – the dissolved Oregon LLC on my W-2/paystub

• AMJ Services LLC – the successor/front company continuing the same business model

• Maged “Mike” Boutros – CEO of DRVM

• Quten Research Institute LLC (Qunol) – the product brand I was actually demoing for

• Chattem Inc. – Sanofi subsidiary (IcyHot, Allegra, etc.)

• Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC – the multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical company sitting at the top

• Ashraf “Peter” Boutros, Deepak Chopra, Marie-Laurie Amiard-Boutros

I had to serve 8–10 respondents to make sure no one could later claim, “We were never notified, we’re unrelated.”

At first, GRSM was listed as counsel for multiple parties on the JAMS service list: DRVM, AMJ Services, and Maged Boutros. After a month of silence, they suddenly tried to walk that back.

On March 20, 2025, GRSM sent a letter saying they would represent only DRVM LLC, not AMJ Services or Maged Boutros—despite already showing up for them.

That’s when I realized: the game was going to be representation musical chairs.

Key Documents

• GRSM – Clarification of Representation – Mar 20, 2025

GRSM announces it will only represent DRVM, backing away from AMJ Services and Maged Boutros.

• My Letter to JAMS About GRSM – Mar 20, 2025

I tell JAMS in writing that GRSM is now trying to narrow its role after being listed for multiple parties.

• Original JAMS Service List

Shows GRSM on record for AMJ Services, DRVM, and Maged “Mike” Boutros.

• My Follow-Up Emails to JAMS – Mar 13 – Apr 12, 2025

Emails confirming service on eight parties and referencing whistleblower filings underway.

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4. The Valuation: Why I Called It a $10–$15 Billion Case

Around early April, during the “Hands Off” movement, I hit a turning point.

On April 6, 2025, I sent what I called the Global Impact Settlement Letter. In that letter, I valued the case at $10 billion and tied it to something bigger:

• W-2 workers paid under dissolved or sham entities

• The tax implications of that structure

• The fact that a global pharmaceutical company sat on top of the entire scheme

Here’s what matters:

At that point, it wasn’t about my personal damages.

I wasn’t expecting a personal check for billions. That’s not realistic, and I knew that.

The valuation had to match the full scale of the structure, and it had to line up with what I was reporting to federal authorities.

If I’m telling the IRS, the SEC, and the Department of Labor that this structure represents a multi-billion-dollar exposure, I can’t go into arbitration pretending it’s just a few thousand dollars in unpaid wages. The valuation was:

• A legal strategy, not a fantasy payday

• A way of forcing the legal system and the companies to confront the true scope of what was going on

• The spark that set everything else in motion: the law firm switches, the reactivation, the whistleblower confirmations, the secret deposit, and eventually the federal petition

When they ignored the settlement letter and kept playing games, I followed through:

• I filed a Third Valuation Amendment (April 7) attaching the settlement letter as Exhibit B

• Then a Fourth Amendment Demand (April 8), increasing the valuation to $15 billion based on ongoing concealment

That number — $15 billion — is not me trying to get rich. It’s a mirror held up to the full structure. And once I put that number on the record, everything started to crack open.

Key Documents

• Exhibit B – Global Impact Settlement Letter – Apr 7, 2025

My settlement letter explaining the structure and initially valuing the case at $10B.

• Third Valuation Amendment – Apr 7, 2025

Formally incorporates that letter into the arbitration record.

• Fourth Amendment Demand – Apr 8, 2025

Increases the valuation to $15B after no resolution and continued concealment.

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5. Two Law Firms, One Dissolved Company (GRSM & Fisher Phillips)

This is where the arbitration record stops looking like a normal wage case.

On April 14, 2025:

• GRSM asks JAMS for two extra weeks to “determine representation”

• Fisher Phillips, another major defense firm, suddenly appears for DRVM LLC—right after my global settlement letter and valuation amendment

JAMS asks a basic clarifying question:

Are you co-counsel with GRSM, or taking over?

Fisher Phillips replies they are “unaware” of GRSM being involved, even though GRSM is literally on the JAMS record for DRVM.

Over the next weeks:

• JAMS has to remind the firms multiple times that more than one law firm is claiming to represent the same party

• No one gives a straight answer

• On April 28, GRSM simply withdraws, without explaining who covers the other parties they previously appeared for

This is exactly what it looks like when the real decision-makers are off-record.

Key Documents

• GRSM Request for 2 Weeks – Apr 14, 2025

GRSM asks for more time to sort its representation while sitting on my amended demand.

• My Response to GRSM (Move Forward on Arbitrator) – Apr 14, 2025

I tell JAMS I want to proceed with arbitrator appointment anyway.

• Fisher Phillips Notice of Appearance (DRVM LLC) – Apr 14, 2025

Fisher Phillips appears for DRVM, right after my settlement letter and valuation jump.

• My Responses to Fisher Phillips – Apr 14–15, 2025

Push back on random JAMS emails and dashboard issues.

• Fisher Phillips / JAMS Email Thread – Apr 14 – May 30, 2025

Shows long stretches of silence and stalling as we try to get to commencement.

• GRSM Official Withdrawal – Apr 28, 2025

GRSM exits with no clarification about who takes over for the other named parties.

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6. DRVM Reactivates Mid-Case & My IRS Whistleblower Confirmation

Then came two huge moments, both in late April:

DRVM’s Sudden Reactivation

On April 25, 2025, DRVM LLC — the dissolved entity at the center of my paystubs — reactivated its Oregon business license right in the middle of the arbitration.

The entire case is about them operating while dissolved. Suddenly “fixing” that after being called out is not a coincidence. It goes straight to intent, which is exactly what investigators look at.

IRS Whistleblower Office Confirmation

Three days later, on April 28, 2025, I received notice from the IRS Whistleblower Office:

• They had opened three separate whistleblower files for:

• Sanofi

• Chattem Inc.

• Quten Research Institute

I can’t comment on what the IRS is doing internally, but I can say this: they do not hand out claim numbers lightly. That alone tells you the evidence wasn’t “nonsense” to them.

Key Documents

• Exhibit 108 – DRVM Business Reactivation – Apr 25, 2025

State record showing DRVM reactivating after I exposed its dissolved status.

• IRS Whistleblower Office Notice – Apr 28, 2025

Confirms assignment of three IRS whistleblower claim numbers.

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7. Fighting Through Fees: Waiver & Rule 6(e) Motion

To even get an arbitrator, you have to get past money.

JAMS sent out a Notice of Intent and invoices to everyone. The arbitration agreement said I had to pay filing fees up to what it would cost to file in court. I filed for a fee waiver.

• The waiver was granted, meaning Fisher Phillips / DRVM had to cover the main cost

• That alone is rare in a case this large

When the invoice still wasn’t paid, I used the rules they wrote:

• On June 14, 2025, I filed a Motion to Appoint an Arbitrator under JAMS Rule 6(e), which lets JAMS move forward when one side is obstructing by not paying.

Key Documents

• Notice of Intent & Fee Waiver – June 3, 2025

Shows that JAMS accepted my fee waiver and shifted the cost burden to respondents.

• Claimant’s Motion to Appoint Arbitrator (Rule 6(e)) – June 14, 2025

Asks JAMS to appoint an arbitrator despite respondents’ nonpayment.

• My Administrative Email Thread – May 13 – May 30, 2025

Shows me pushing to keep the case moving while they stayed silent.

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8. AI Arbitrator, Their Objection, and the Secret $6,130.10 Deposit

By this point, AI wasn’t a side note — it was how I was surviving this case.

I was:

• Using AI to research corporate structures, case law, and strategy

• Going up against a $120B+ pharma company and top law firms who all had their own AI tools

• Litigating what I honestly believe is one of the first AI-assisted whistleblower cases of this scale

So I asked for an arbitrator who understood that world.

I proposed:

• Dr. Ryan Abbott, and

• Other experts like Daniel Garrie

They literally helped write JAMS’s own AI arbitration rules.

Fisher Phillips responded by:

• Objecting,

• Calling this an “uncomplicated Oregon wage dispute,” and

• Acting like AI and emerging technology had nothing to do with a case involving a global pharma company, modern shell structuring, and a federal whistleblower.

JAMS then acknowledged something important: if we couldn’t agree on an arbitrator, I had the right under the agreement and federal law to go to court and ask a judge to appoint one.

So I did what any reasonable person would do who’s being stalled:

• I gave them 48 hours (to July 1, 2025) to agree to a strike-and-rank list that included AI / emerging tech expertise.

Then the wildest thing in the arbitration phase happened.

The Secret Deposit

A few hours after I sent the 48-hour deadline notice, on July 1, 2025, DRVM suddenly sent:

• $6,130.10

• To a bank account I hadn’t used in over six months

• With no paystub, no settlement agreement, no court order, and no explanation

The timing is obvious:

• Right when I’m about to go to federal court

• Right after I set a hard AI-arbitrator deadline

• Right as they’re trying to reframe this as “just wages”

They wanted that money to quietly moot the case.

I refused. I made it Exhibit 110 and treated it as what it was: a secret, off-record attempt to derail one of the largest payroll fraud cases in the country on a technicality.

Key Documents

• Fisher Phillips AI Arbitrator Objection – June 27, 2025

Claims this is just a basic wage dispute and AI isn’t relevant.

• My Response to AI Arbitrator Objection (Exhibit 21)

Explains why AI, whistleblower law, and emerging tech are central to this case.

• Fisher Phillips / JAMS Threads Around Commencement & Arbitrator Selection – June 16 – July 1, 2025

Shows the build-up to the 48-hour deadline and the payment timing.

• Undisclosed Secret Deposit – July 1, 2025 (Exhibit 110)

Screenshot of the $6,130.10 deposit with no paperwork.

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9. DRVM Agreement on AI and Emerging Tech Qualifications

During the 48-hour deadline to respond to the arbitrator strike list, Fisher Phillips filed a notice approving the list, including the AI and Emerging Technology qualifications, thereby affirmatively agreeing to proceed under those criteria.

10. DRVM’s Answer & the Strike List That Broke Arbitration

After months of silence and avoidance, Fisher Phillips finally filed DRVM’s Answer on July 16, 2025.

They:

• Denied almost every allegation

• Denied that this was a broader fraud structure

• Ignored the July 1 deposit entirely

• Filed the Answer solely on behalf of DRVM LLC, which had been dissolved during key events

I followed up with JAMS to point out:

• The missing deposit

• The standing problems with a dissolved entity

• The need for an arbitrator who understood what this case actually was

Then on July 25, 2025, JAMS sent out the Strike-and-Rank Arbitrator List.

It had:

• Retired judges

• Employment and general civil practitioners

• Not a single person with:

• AI or emerging technology experience

• Healthcare/pharmaceutical fraud background

• Whistleblower / False Claims Act-style fraud experience

JAMS has those arbitrators. They just didn’t put them on my list.

This is what I mean when I say the list was built to work against me.

• We had already agreed (on record) that arbitrators needed AI / emerging tech background

• They had experts who literally co-wrote the AI rules

• And somehow, not one of them appeared on the list for a case tied to a global pharma company now under federal whistleblower scrutiny

That was the line for me.

I gave JAMS 48 hours to fix the list. Not seven days. Not endless delays. Forty-eight hours. If they didn’t, I was going to federal court.

Key Documents

• DRVM’s Answer to the Demand – July 16, 2025

Denies all claims and omits the secret $6,130.10 payment.

• My Arbitrator Selection Follow-Up – July 18–22, 2025

Calls out the omissions and emphasizes the need for proper arbitrator qualifications.

• JAMS Strike Arbitrator List (Exhibit 28) – July 25, 2025

Arbitrator list with no AI, whistleblower, or pharma-fraud experience.

• My Objection to the Strike List (48-Hour Deadline) – July 29, 2025

Formally rejects the list as non-compliant and gives JAMS 48 hours to fix it.

• Email Thread – Objection & 48-Hour Deadline – July 29, 2025

Shows JAMS trying to use a standard 7-day window while ignoring the agreed criteria.

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11. When Arbitration Broke: Filing the Federal Petition (July 31, 2025)

When:

• The arbitrator list ignored everything we agreed to,

• They objected to AI / tech-qualified arbitrators,

• They sent a secret deposit to an old account with no paperwork,

• Two major law firms played tag team over a dissolved LLC, and

• Nobody would admit who really stood behind DRVM,

I used the one escape hatch that still existed:

On July 31, 2025, I filed a Petition in federal court under 9 U.S.C. § 5 asking the judge to:

• Order the appointment of a qualified arbitrator

• Recognize the AI / emerging tech and whistleblower dimensions of the case

• Take the entire arbitration record — emails, withdrawals, invoices, exhibits, IRS notices, shell filings, and the deposit — and put it on a public docket

The case was filed as:

Hollingsworth v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC et al.

Case No. 3:25-cv-01342-AB

U.S. District Court, District of Oregon

It was assigned to Judge Amy Baggio, a former federal public defender and Multnomah County judge. Whatever happens with her rulings, the important part is this:

The arbitration chapter stopped being hidden.

The record went public.

And the upstream companies could no longer hide behind DRVM inside a private forum.

From here, the story continues on the Petition to Compel Arbitration page:

• Their federal response attacking my whistleblower status

• My notices of retaliation and false claims

• The battles over service, defaults, docket “corrections,” and Deepak’s motion

• And finally, the November 24, 2025 ruling:

DRVM alone goes in alone. Everyone else is released from arbitration. This is JUST A WAGE CLAIM. They succeeded.

Although DRVM and I are now proceeding with strike-and-ranking from the same arbitrator list, the broader objective has already been achieved: the upstream actors have been brought into the open, the dispute is now public, and the corporate structure can no longer remain obscured. Arbitration will move forward on the narrow claim, while the larger accountability effort proceeds in federal court.

I’ll share which arbitrator is appointed and continue documenting this process as it unfolds.