Mealey's (January 10, 2018, 11:49 AM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — After finding that a California natural plant company’s claims for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and fraud against a group of companies and their officer in relation to a distribution agreement arose directly under an underlying contract, a California federal judge on Jan. 8 compelled the claims against one business entity to arbitration in Hong Kong (Everest Biosynthesis Group LLC, dba Natural Plant Extracts v. Biosynthesis Pharma Group Limited, et al., No. 17cv1466, S.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3258)....