2nd Circuit Upholds Arbitration Denial In Trump Business, MLM Dispute

Mealey's (July 29, 2021, 1:26 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A trial court properly denied arbitration sought by a multilevel marking company, Donald J. Trump, The Trump Corp. and three of Trump’s children in a lawsuit accusing the Trump parties of fraud based on their alleged endorsement of the multilevel marketing company, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled July 28, finding that equitable estoppel prevents the Trump parties from compelling arbitration and that the multilevel marketing company’s discovery dispute falls outside of the court’s jurisdiction....