Mealey's (January 18, 2017, 1:33 PM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A district court erred in ordering arbitration of an internet and telephone contract dispute when it failed to first consider the application of Virginia law to the merits of the case, a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Jan. 5 in a per curiam unpublished opinion (Jason Klein, et al. v. Verizon Communications, Inc., et al., No. 14-1660, 4th Cir.; 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 199)....