11th Circuit:  Herbalife Top Reps Can't Invoke Arbitration Clause In RICO Suit

Mealey's (July 30, 2020, 1:11 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — Herbalife's alleged top distributors sued along with the supplement company in a putative class suit by other distributors who claim that they were misled into spending thousands on the "fraudulent business opportunity scheme" in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act can't invoke distributor agreements containing arbitration clauses to which they were not parties, an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled July 29 (Michael Lavigne, et al. v. Herbalife, LTD, et al., No. 18-14048, 11th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 23889)....