Mealey's (December 13, 2018, 2:32 PM EST) -- PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine federal judge on Dec. 11 granted a day care provider franchisor’s motion to compel arbitration and to stay its lawsuit against former franchisees pending arbitration, finding the issues raised by the franchisor are subject to arbitration because the parties’ dispute arose from their contract and because the franchise agreement’s arbitration clause, as written, “fairly implies that postexpiration disputes will be submitted to arbitration” (Toddle Inn Franchising, LLC v. KPJ Associates LLC, et al., No. 18-00293, D. Maine, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 208442)....