Indian Incense Company Asks 9th Circuit To Rehear Bid To Compel Arbitration

Mealey's (February 18, 2021, 8:28 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — An Indian incense company in a Feb. 3 petition for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc argues that a split Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel’s ruling that the company as nonsignatory to an arbitration agreement can’t rely on doctrines of equitable estoppel to compel arbitration with a former partner and his company contradicts U.S. Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit precedent....