U.S. High Court:  Nonsignatory’s Right To Arbitration Not Blocked By Convention

Mealey's (June 1, 2020, 12:53 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the New York Convention) does not prohibit the application of domestic equitable estoppel doctrines that allow a nonsignatory to enforce an arbitration agreement, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 1 (GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp. v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC, et al., No. 18-1048, U.S. Sup., 2020 U.S. LEXIS 3029)....