Mealey's (March 9, 2017, 1:20 PM EST) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina federal judge on March 7 ordered a dispute between a franchisee and a jewelry franchisor into binding arbitration in accordance with an arbitration clause in the parties’ retailer agreement (Gold Mine Jewelry Shoppes Inc. v. Lise Aagaard Copenhagen, et al., No. 5:16-cv-00135, E.D. N.C., Western Div., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31750)....