Federal Judge Won’t Join Arbitration Proceedings Of Claims Against BBQ Franchisor

(January 26, 2017, 7:20 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Dec. 21 denied a motion for an order to consolidate arbitration proceedings, saying that two groups of barbecue restaurant franchisees that had been ordered to separately arbitrate their claims against Dickey’ Barbecue Restaurants Inc. were not entitled to consolidate their cases because the question of whether the arbitrations could be consolidated must be decided by an arbitrator (Meadows v. Dickey's Barbecue Rests. Inc., No. 15-02139, N.D. Calif.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 176788)....

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