Mealey's (February 19, 2021, 12:31 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana federal judge on Feb. 18 ordered two cleaning companies that previously consented to arbitration of nonpayment claims against a group of insurers including two foreign entities to also arbitrate their bad faith claims against a nonsignatory under doctrines of estoppel after finding that the companies’ claims against the nonsignatory all relate to the agreement containing the arbitration provision, but denied the defendants’ request to remove the companies’ appointed arbitrator....