Judge Compels Arbitration Of Chinese EB-5 Investors’ UCL, Fraud Claims

Mealey's (June 1, 2021, 1:35 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on May 31 ordered five Chinese plaintiffs who each invested more than $500,000 through the government’s EB-5 program into a group of corporations to arbitrate their claims against the corporations and related individuals including for fraud and violation of California’s unfair competition law, finding that they agreed “at least” to arbitrate arbitrability....