Contract Terms, Equitable Estoppel, Arbitration

The Role of Delegation Clauses in Motions to Compel Arbitration When Your Family Member Signs an Arbitration Agreement

Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph on 1/22/2025

It happens every so often: someone signs an agreement to arbitrate legal claims, the agreement has a solid clause delegating arbitrability issues to an arbitrator, and then a member of that person’s family files a claim in...more

Arbitration Agreement Enforceable By Non-Signatory Alleged Joint-Employers

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/11/2024

Employees who sign an arbitration agreement with one company cannot avoid arbitration with related defendant-companies by arguing they were not parties to the agreement. The California Court of Appeal held that claims against...more

Estop And Think: How Equitable Estoppel Can Compel Your Client To Arbitrate

Haug Partners LLP on 12/7/2022

Introduction - You are a plaintiff suing two defendants in Federal Court. You have a business relationship with Defendant A, so you decide to settle with them, but choose to continue the litigation against Defendant B....more

This Week at the Ninth: Independent or Intertwined?

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals on 6/1/2021

This week, the Ninth Circuit simultaneously issued two decisions addressing the circumstances in which equitable estoppel can require a plaintiff to arbitrate a claim absent an arbitration agreement with the defendant. In the...more

U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Nonsignatory to International Arbitration Agreement May Compel Arbitration

Miller Canfield on 7/14/2020

Can your business be compelled to defend an international arbitration brought by an entity with whom you never agreed to arbitrate? On June 1, 2020, a unanimous United States Supreme Court answered this question in the...more

Southern District Of New York Confirms Arbitration Award Despite Allegation Of Undisclosed Real Party In Interest

Carlton Fields on 11/1/2018

After Hurricane Sandy hit the east coast in 2012, the Army Corps of Engineers contracted with Environmental Chemical Corp. (ECC) to conduct clean up on Fire Island, New York....more

Court Compels Arbitration Of Non-Signatory Party Seeking To Recoup Damages Flowing From Contract Containing Arbitration Clause

Carlton Fields on 7/27/2017

A federal district court has required Scottsdale Insurance Company to arbitrate a claim against Kinsale Insurance Company based on an arbitration clause in a contract between Kinsale and its insured – a contract to which...more

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